List of songs written by Stephen Foster
This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song.
Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
Table
| Title | Published | Publisher | Lyricist | Genre |
| "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "All Day Long" | 1864 | Holloway's Musical Monthly Magazine | Clara Morton | |
| "Anadolia" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Angelina Baker" or "Angelina the Baker" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "The Angels Are Singing Unto Me" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Annie My Own Love" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Charles P. Shiras | |
| "The Anthenaeum Collection" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Away Down South" or "Way Down Souf" | 1848 | W. C. Peters & Co. | ||
| "Beautiful Child of Song" | 1860 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Beautiful Dreamer" | 1864 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | Published posthumously | |
| "The Beautiful Shore" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mrs. O. S. Matteson | |
| "Better Times Are Coming" or "Better Days Are Coming" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Bright Hills of Glory" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mary Ann Kidder | |
| "Bring My Brother Back to Me" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Bury Me in the Morning, Mother" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Cane Brake Jig" or "Plantation Jig" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Choral Harp" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me" | 1855 | Miller & Beacham | ||
| "Cora Dean" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Dearer Than Life!" | 1869 | The Demorest Monthly Magazine | George Cooper | |
| "Dolcy Jones" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Dolly Day" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Don't Be Idle" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mary Ann Kidder | |
| "Don't Bet Your Money On de Shanghai" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Down Among the Cane Brakes" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "A Dream of My Mother and My Home" or "I Dream of My Mother" or "A Dream of My Mother Land" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Ellen Bayne" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Eulalie" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Henry Sylvester Cornwall | |
| "Fairy Belle" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Mother Dear" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Farewell My Lilly Dear" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Old Cottage" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Sweet Mother" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Fighting for the Flag Day and Night" | 1865 | Horace Waters | ||
| "For the Dear Old Flag, I Die" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "For Thee Love for Thee" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Henry McCarthy | |
| "Friendship with the World" | Joseph C. Ludgate | hymn | ||
| "Gentle Annie" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Gentle Lena Clare" | 1862 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "Give the Stranger Happy Cheer" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Give This to Mother" | 1864 | P. A. Wundermann | S. W. Harding | |
| "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Glendy Burk" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Great Baby Show" or "The Abolition Show" | 1856 | Pittsburgh Post | ||
| "Happy Hours At Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Hard Times Come Again No More" or "Hard Times" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Joseph Gilmore | |
| "Heavenly Echoes" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | Compiled by Horace Waters | |
| "The Holiday Schottisch" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Hour for Thee & Me" | ||||
| "Hurrah for the Bigler Boys" | 1851 | Fletcher Hodges, Jr. | ||
| "I Cannot Sing to Night" | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | George F. Banister | |
| "I See Her Still in My Dreams" | 1857 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "I Will Be True to Thee" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "I Would Not Die In Spring Time" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "I Would Not Die In Summer Time" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "I'd Be a Fairy" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "I'll Be a Soldier" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "I'll Be Home to Morrow" | 1862 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "If You've Only Got a Moustache" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Irene" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jennie's Own Schottisch" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jenny June" | 1863 | Firth, Pond & Co. | George Cooper | |
| "Jenny's Coming O'er the Green" | 1860 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Katy Bell" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Kiss Me Dear Mother " | 1869 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | ||
| "Kissing In the Dark" | 1863 | John J. Daly | George Cooper | |
| "Larry's Good Bye" | 1853 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Laura Lee" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Leave Me With My Mother" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Lena Our Loved One is Gone" | 1863 | John J. Daly | George Cooper | |
| "Lily Ray" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Linda Has Departed" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Henry McCarthy | |
| "Linger In Blissful Repose" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Little Ballad Girl" or "'Tis My Father's Song" | 1860 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Little Belle Clair" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Little Ella" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Little Ella's an Angel!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Little Jenny Dow" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Little Mac! Little Mac! You're the Very Man" | 1864 | J. Marsh | ||
| "Lizzie Dies To-Night" | 1861 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | Mary Rynon Reese | |
| "Long-Ago Day" | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. | |||
| "Lou'siana Belle" | 1847 | W. C. Peters & Co. | ||
| "The Love I Bear to Thee" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Lula Is Gone" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Maggie by My Side" | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Maria Bach Waltz" | 1944 | Evelyn Foster Morneweck, Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family | ||
| "Mary Loves the Flowers" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Massa's In de Cold Ground" | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Melinda May" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Merry Little Birds Are We" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Merry, Merry Month of May" | 1862 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Mine Is the Mourning Heart" | 1861 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Molly" | ||||
| "Molly Dear Good Night" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Molly! Do You Love Me?" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Mr. & Mrs. Brown" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "My Angel Boy, I Cannot See Thee Die" | 1865 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | H. Brougham | |
| "My Boy Is Coming From the War" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "My Brudder Gum" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Hopes Have Departed Forever" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | James Gates Percival | |
| "My Loved One and My Own" or "Eva" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" or "My Old Kentucky Home" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Nee and I" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Nelly Bly" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Nelly Was a Lady" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "No Home, No Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | ||
| "None Shall Weep a Tear for Me" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Richard Henry Wilde | |
| "Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier" | 1863 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Oh! 'Tis Glorious!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Edward Nevin | |
| "Oh! Boys Carry Me 'Long" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Oh! Lemuel!" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Oh! Susanna" or "Susanna" | 1848 | C. Holt, Jr. | First performance 1847 | |
| "Oh! Tell Me of My Mother" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Oh! There's No Such Girl As Mine" or "There's No Such Girl As Mine" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Samuel Lover | |
| "Oh, Why Am I So Happy?" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Francis D. Murtha | |
| "Old Black Joe" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Old Dog Tray" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Old Folks At Home" or "Swanee River" or "Way Down Upon de Swanee River" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Old Folks Quadrilles" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Old Memories" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Old Uncle Ned" or "Uncle Ted" | 1848 | Millets Music Saloon | ||
| "Once I Loved Thee Mary Dear" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Cullen Crookshank | |
| "Onward and Upward!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Open Thy Lattice Love" | 1844 | George Willig | Lyrics by George P. Morris | |
| "Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone" or "Our Bright Bright Summer Days Are Gone" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Our Willie Dear Is Dying" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Over the River" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Parthenia to Ingomar" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Henry McCarthy | |
| "A Penny for Your Thoughts" | 1861 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Poor Drooping Maiden" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Praise the Lord!" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | Compiled by Horace Waters | |
| "The Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Ring de Banjo" or "Ring, Ring, de Banjo!" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Eliza Sheridan Carey | |
| "Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista" | 1848 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Seek and Ye Shall Find" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "She Was All the World to Me" | 1864 | Horace Waters | Dr. Duffy | |
| "Sitting By My Own Cabin Door" | 1864 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Slumber My Darling" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Soiree Polka" | 1850 | W. C. Peters | ||
| "A Soldier In de Colored Brigade" | 1863 | Firth, Pond & Co. | George Cooper | |
| "The Soldier's Home" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Some Folks" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Somebody's Coming to See Me to Night" | 1864 | D. S. Holmes | George Cooper | |
| "The Song of All Songs" | 1863 | D. S. Holmes | ||
| "The Spirit of My Song" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | Netta Victoria Fuller | |
| "Stand Up For the Truth" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Stay Summer Breath" | 1848 | W. C. Peters & Co. | ||
| "Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Summer Longings" | 1849 | W. C. Peters & Co. | Denis Florence McCarthy | |
| "Sweet Emerald Isle That I Love So Well" | 1866 | John J. Daly | George Cooper | |
| "Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | Charles G. Eastman | |
| "Tears Bring Thoughts of Heaven" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Tell Me Love of Thy Early Dreams" | 1864 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Tell Me of the Angels, Mother" | 1864 | John J. Daly | ||
| "That's What's the Matter" | 1862 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Social Orchestra" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "There Are Plenty of Fish In the Sea" | 1862 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "There Was a Time" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | James D. Byrne | |
| "There's a Good Time Coming" | 1846 | Peters & Field | Charles Mackay | |
| "This Rose Will Remind You" or "My Story of Love" | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. | New lyrics by Jack Lawrence | ||
| "Thou Are the Queen of My Song" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "A Thousand Miles From Home" | 1870 | John J. Daly | ||
| "The Tioga Waltz" | 1896 | Morrison Foster, Biography: Songs and Musical Compositions of Stephen C. Foster | ||
| "Turn Not Away!" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Under the Willow She's Sleeping" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Village Bells, Polka" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Village Festival " | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Village Maiden" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Virginia Belle" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Voice of By Gone Days" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Voices that Are Gone" | 1865 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | ||
| "Was My Brother In the Battle?" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Waters' Golden Harp" or "Water's Choral Harp" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Way Down In Ca-i-ro" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Way Down South In Alabama" | 1848 | Millets Music Saloon | ||
| "We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More" | 1862 | S. T. Gordon | James Sloane Gibbons | |
| "We Will Keep a Bright Lookout" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "We'll All Meet Our Saviour" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "We'll Still Keep Marching On" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mary Ann Kidder | |
| "We'll Tune Our Hearts" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "We've a Million In the Field" | 1862 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "What Does Every Good Child Say?" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | Compiled by Horace Waters | |
| "What Must a Fairy's Dream Be?" | 1847 | W. C. Peters | ||
| "What Shall the Harvest Be?" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Emily Sullivan Oakey | |
| "When Dear Friends Are Gone" | 1864 | P. A. Wundermann | ||
| "When Old Friends Were Here" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "When This Dreadful War Is Ended" or "When This War Is Ended" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Where Has Lula Gone" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Where Is Thy Spirit Mary" | 1895 | Geo. Mercer, Jr. | View the archived, handwritten manuscript | |
| "Where We Work for the Lord" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The White House Chair" | 1856 | Pittsburgh Post | ||
| "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?" | 1861 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Why No One to Love?" | 1862 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "The Wife or He'll Come Home" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Willie Has Gone to War" | 1863 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | View the archived, handwritten manuscript | |
| "Willie My Brave" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Willie We Have Missed You" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Willie's Gone to Heaven" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Wilt Thou Be Gone Love" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Shakespeare | |
| "Wilt Thou Be True?" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper |