This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) 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.
| Title | Published | Publisher | Lyricist | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | |||||
| "All Day Long" | 1864 (April) | Holloway's Musical Monthly Magazine | Clara Morton | ||
| "Anadolia" | 1854 | ||||
| "Angelina Baker" or "Angelina the Baker" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | |||
| "The Angels Are Singing Unto Me" | 1863 | Horace Waters[1] | |||
| "Annie My Own Love" | 1853 | Charles P. Shiras | |||
| "The Anthenaeum Collection" | 1863 | ||||
| "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 | Mrs. O. S. Matteson | |||
| "Better Times Are Coming" or "Better Days Are Coming" | 1862 | Horace Waters | |||
| "The Bright Hills of Glory" | 1863 | Mary Ann Kidder | |||
| "Bring My Brother Back to Me" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | ||
| "Bury Me in the Morning, Mother" | 1863 | ||||
| "Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | |||
| "Cane Brake Jig" or "Plantation Jig" | 1853 | ||||
| "Choral Harp" | 1863 | Horace Waters | |||
| "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" | 1855 | ||||
| "Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again" | 1854 | ||||
| "Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me" | 1855 | ||||
| "Cora Dean" | 1860 | ||||
| "Dearer Than Life!" | 1869 (February or March) | The Demorest Monthly Magazine | George Cooper | ||
| "Dolcy Jones" | 1849 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "Down Among the Cane Brakes" | 1860 | ||||
| "A Dream of My Mother and My Home" or "I Dream of My Mother" or "A Dream of My Mother Land" | 1862 | ||||
| "Ellen Bayne" | 1854 | ||||
| "Eulalie" | 1851 | Henry Sylvester Cornwall | |||
| "Fairy Belle" | 1859 | ||||
| "Farewell Mother Dear" | 1861 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Farewell My Lilly Dear" | 1851 | ||||
| "Farewell Old Cottage" | 1851 | ||||
| "Farewell Sweet Mother" | 1861 | ||||
| "Fighting for the Flag Day and Night" | 1865 | ||||
| "For the Dear Old Flag, I Die" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | ||
| "For Thee Love for Thee" | 1859 | William Henry McCarthy | |||
| "Friendship with the World" | Joseph C. Ludgate | hymn[2] | |||
| "Gentle Annie" | 1856 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "The Glendy Burk" | 1860 | ||||
| "The Great Baby Show" or "The Abolition Show" | 1856 (September 26) | Pittsburgh Post | |||
| "Happy Hours At Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Hard Times Come Again No More" or "Hard Times" | 1855 | ||||
| "He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters" | 1863 | Joseph Gilmore | |||
| "Heavenly Echoes" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | |||
| "The Holiday Schottisch" | 1853 | ||||
| "The Hour for Thee & Me" | 1852 | ||||
| "Hurrah for the Bigler Boys" | 1851 | Fletcher Hodges, Jr. | |||
| "I Cannot Sing to Night" | 1852 | George F. Banister | |||
| "I See Her Still in My Dreams" | 1857 | ||||
| "I Will Be True to Thee" | 1862 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "If You've Only Got a Moustache" | 1864 | George Cooper | |||
| "Irene" | 1854 | ||||
| "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" | 1854 | ||||
| "Jennie's Own Schottisch" | 1854 | ||||
| "Jenny June" | 1863 | George Cooper | |||
| "Jenny's Coming O'er the Green" | 1860 (July) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | |||
| "Katy Bell" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | ||
| "Kiss Me Dear Mother (Ere I Die)" | 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 | ||||
| "Linda Has Departed" | 1859 | William Henry McCarthy | |||
| "Linger In Blissful Repose" | 1858 | ||||
| "The Little Ballad Girl" or "'Tis My Father's Song" | 1860 (December) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | |||
| "Little Belle Clair" | 1861 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Little Ella" | 1853 | ||||
| "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 | Likely written by Henrietta Foster Thornton, Stephen's sister | |
| "Lizzie Dies To-Night" | 1861 (May) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | Mary Rynon Reese | ||
| "Long-Ago Day" | |||||
| "Lou'siana Belle" | 1847 | W. C. Peters & Co. | |||
| "The Love I Bear to Thee" | 1863 | ||||
| "Lula Is Gone" | 1858 | ||||
| "Maggie by My Side" | 1852 | ||||
| "Maria Bach Waltz" | 1944 | Evelyn Foster Morneweck, Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family | |||
| "Mary Loves the Flowers" | 1850 | ||||
| "Massa's In de Cold Ground" (“Oh, Dem Watermelons”) | 1852 | ||||
| "Melinda May" | 1851 | ||||
| "Merry Little Birds Are We" | 1862 | Horace Waters | |||
| "The Merry, Merry Month of May" | 1862 (May) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | |||
| "Mine Is the Mourning Heart" | 1861 (July) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | |||
| "Molly" | |||||
| "Molly Dear Good Night" | 1861 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "My Hopes Have Departed Forever" | 1851 | James Gates Percival | |||
| "My Loved One and My Own" or "Eva" | 1858 | ||||
| "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" or "My Old Kentucky Home" | 1853 | ||||
| "My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman" | 1863 | George Cooper | |||
| "Nee and I" | 1861 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Nelly Bly" | 1850 | ||||
| "Nelly Was a Lady" | 1849 | ||||
| "No Home, No Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | |||
| "None Shall Weep a Tear for Me" | 1860 | 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 | ||||
| "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 | Samuel Lover | |||
| "Oh, Why Am I So Happy?" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Francis D. Murtha | ||
| "Old Black Joe" | 1860 | ||||
| "Old Dog Tray" | 1853 | ||||
| "Old Folks At Home" or "Swanee River" or "Way Down Upon de Swanee River" | 1851 | ||||
| "Old Folks Quadrilles" | 1853 | ||||
| "Old Memories" | 1853 | ||||
| "Old Uncle Ned" or "Uncle Ted" | 1848 | Millets Music Saloon | |||
| "Once I Loved Thee Mary Dear" | 1851 | William Cullen Crookshank | |||
| "Onward and Upward!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | ||
| "Open Thy Lattice Love" | 1844 | George Willig | |||
| "Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone" or "Our Bright Bright Summer Days Are Gone" | 1861 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Our Willie Dear Is Dying" | 1861 | ||||
| "Over the River" | 1863 | ||||
| "Parthenia to Ingomar" | 1859 | William Henry McCarthy | |||
| "A Penny for Your Thoughts" | 1861 | ||||
| "Poor Drooping Maiden" | 1860 | ||||
| "Praise the Lord!" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | Compiled by Horace Waters | ||
| "The Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful" | 1863 | ||||
| "Ring, Ring de Banjo" or "Ring de Banjo" | 1851 | ||||
| "Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing" | 1858 | Eliza Sheridan Carey | |||
| "Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista" | 1848 | ||||
| "Seek and Ye Shall Find" | 1863 | ||||
| "She Was All the World to Me" | 1864 | Dr. Duffy | |||
| "Sitting By My Own Cabin Door" | 1864 | John J. Daly | |||
| "Slumber My Darling" | 1862 | ||||
| "Soiree Polka" | 1850 | W. C. Peters | |||
| "A Soldier In de Colored Brigade" | 1863 | George Cooper | |||
| "The Soldier's Home" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | ||
| "Some Folks" | 1855 | ||||
| "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 | Netta Victoria Fuller | |||
| "Stand Up For the Truth" | 1863 | ||||
| "Stay Summer Breath" | 1848 | W. C. Peters & Co. | |||
| "Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me" | 1863 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "The Social Orchestra" | 1854 | ||||
| "There Are Plenty of Fish In the Sea" | 1862 | 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" | |||||
| "Thou Are the Queen of My Song" | 1859 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "The Village Bells, Polka" | 1850 | ||||
| "Village Festival (Quadrilles Nos. 1-4)" | 1854 | ||||
| "The Village Maiden" | 1855 | ||||
| "Virginia Belle" | 1860 | ||||
| "The Voice of By Gone Days" | 1850 | ||||
| "The Voices that Are Gone" | 1865 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | |||
| "Was My Brother In the Battle?" | 1862 | ||||
| "Waters' Golden Harp" or "Water's Choral Harp" | 1863 | Horace Waters | |||
| "Way Down In Ca-i-ro" | 1850 | ||||
| "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 | George Cooper | |||
| "We'll All Meet Our Saviour" | 1863 | ||||
| "We'll Still Keep Marching On" | 1863 | Mary Ann Kidder | |||
| "We'll Tune Our Hearts" | 1863 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "When Dear Friends Are Gone" | 1864 | P. A. Wundermann | |||
| "When Old Friends Were Here" | 1864 | George Cooper | |||
| "When This Dreadful War Is Ended" or "When This War Is Ended" | 1863 | George Cooper | |||
| "Where Has Lula Gone" | 1858 | ||||
| "Where Is Thy Spirit Mary" | 1895 | Geo. Mercer, Jr. | View the archived, handwritten manuscript[3] | ||
| "Where We Work for the Lord" | 1863 | Horace Waters | |||
| "The White House Chair" | 1856 (September 29) | 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 | ||||
| "Willie Has Gone to War" | 1863 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | View the archived, handwritten manuscript[4] | ||
| "Willie My Brave" | 1851 | ||||
| "Willie We Have Missed You" | 1854 | ||||
| "Willie's Gone to Heaven" | 1863 | Horace Waters | |||
| "Wilt Thou Be Gone Love" | 1851 | William Shakespeare | |||
| "Wilt Thou Be True?" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper |