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Author: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics.
A blue rectangle containing a language code such as ENG indicates the presence of a translation to that language. A grey rectangle such as FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but is missing.
 Ah! may the red rose live alway (Ah! may the red rose live alway) - S. Foster
Ah! may the red rose live alway S. Foster: Ah! may the red rose live alway
As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day S. Foster: The song of all songs
Beautiful Dreamer (Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me
) - S. Foster CHI
Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me
CHI S. Foster: Beautiful Dreamer
Better times are coming (There are voices of hope that are borne on the air) - S. Foster
Come where my love lies dreaming (Come where my love lies dreaming) - S. Foster
Come where my love lies dreaming S. Foster: Come where my love lies dreaming
Comrades, fill no glass for me (Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me
) - S. Foster
De Camptown ladies sing dis song
S. Foster: Gwine to run all night
P. Grainger: Tribute to Foster
De Camptown Races (De Camptown ladies sing dis song
) - S. Foster
De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat S. Foster: The Glendy Burk
De Shanghai chicken when you put him in de pit S. Foster: Don't bet your money on de Shanghai
De time is nebber dreary
S. Foster: Ring, ring de banjo
Dere was an old nigga dey calld him Uncle Ned S. Foster: Old Uncle Ned
Don't bet your money on de Shanghai (De Shanghai chicken when you put him in de pit) - S. Foster
Down among the cane brakes (Once I could laugh and play) - S. Foster
Down on de Mississippi floating S. Foster: Nelly was a lady
Gentle Annie (Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie
) - S. Foster
Gentle Lena Clare (I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare) - S. Foster
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay S. Foster: Old Black Joe
Gwine to run all night (De Camptown ladies sing dis song
) - S. Foster
Hard times, come again no more (While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
) - S. Foster
I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee S. Foster: Oh! Susanna
I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair S. Foster, N. Rorem: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
I long for thee; must I long and long in vain?
S. Foster: Thou art the queen of my song
I'm nothing but a plain old soldier S. Foster: Nothing but a plain old soldier
Im Sonnenschein liegt mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim ENG (Text: after Stephen Collins Foster) [x] S. Foster: Mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim
I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare S. Foster: Gentle Lena Clare
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair) - S. Foster, N. Rorem
Maggie by my side (The land of my home is flitting) - S. Foster
Massa's in de cold ground (Round de meadows am a ringing
) - S. Foster
Mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim (Im Sonnenschein liegt mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim) - S. Foster ENG (Text: after Stephen Collins Foster) [x]
My Old Kentucky Home (The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home) - S. Foster GER
My wife is a most knowing woman (My wife is a most knowing woman) - S. Foster
My wife is a most knowing woman S. Foster: My wife is a most knowing woman
Nelly Bly (Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!
) - S. Foster
Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!
S. Foster: Nelly Bly
Nelly was a lady (Down on de Mississippi floating) - S. Foster
Nothing but a plain old soldier (I'm nothing but a plain old soldier) - S. Foster
Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me
S. Foster: Comrades, fill no glass for me
Oh! ladies don't you blush
S. Foster: Way Down in Ca-i-ro
Oh! Susanna (I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee) - S. Foster
Old Black Joe (Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay) - S. Foster
Old Dog Tray (The morn of life is past) - S. Foster
Old Uncle Ned (Dere was an old nigga dey calld him Uncle Ned) - S. Foster
Once I could laugh and play S. Foster: Down among the cane brakes
Ring, ring de banjo (De time is nebber dreary
) - S. Foster
Round de meadows am a ringing
S. Foster: Massa's in de cold ground
Some folks (Some folks like to sigh) - S. Foster
Some folks like to sigh S. Foster: Some folks
Tell me, tell me, weary soldier from the rude and stirring wars J. Heggie, S. Foster: Was my brother in the battle?
That's what's the matter (We live in hard and stirring times) - S. Foster
The Glendy Burk (De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat) - S. Foster
The land of my home is flitting S. Foster: Maggie by my side
The morn of life is past S. Foster: Old Dog Tray
The song of all songs (As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day) - S. Foster
The sun shines bright in My Old Kentucky home GER
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home GER S. Foster: My Old Kentucky Home
The village bells are ringing S. Foster: The village maiden
The village maiden (The village bells are ringing) - S. Foster
There are voices of hope that are borne on the air S. Foster: Better times are coming
Thou art the queen of my song (I long for thee; must I long and long in vain?
) - S. Foster
Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie
S. Foster: Gentle Annie
Tribute to Foster (De Camptown ladies sing dis song
) - P. Grainger
Was my brother in the battle? (Tell me, tell me, weary soldier from the rude and stirring wars) - J. Heggie, S. Foster
Way Down in Ca-i-ro (Oh! ladies don't you blush
) - S. Foster
We live in hard and stirring times S. Foster: That's what's the matter
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
S. Foster: Hard times, come again no more
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