Considered the first full-time songwriter in the U.S. Stephen Foster began churning them out in 1844. His total output was 285 compositions.
These mp3s were prepared by Werner Tomaschewski. His website is no longer available, so they are presented here. Download by right-clicking on the play button.
Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway:
Angelina Baker:
The Angels Are Singing Unto Me:
Annie My Own Love:
Autumn Waltz:
Away Down Souf:
Beautiful Child of Song:
Beautiful Dreamer:
The Beautiful Shore:
Better Times Are Coming:
The Bright Hills of Glory:
Bring My Brother Back To Me:
Bury Me in the Morning Mother:
Camptown Races:
Choral Harp:
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming:
Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again:
Comrades Fill No Glass For Me:
Cora Dean:
Dearer Than Life:
Dolcy Jones:
Laura Lee:
Leave Me with My Mother:
Lena Our Loved One Is Gone:
Lily Ray:
Linda Has Departed:
Linger In Blissful Repose:
The Little Ballad Girl:
Little Belle Blair:
Little Ella:
Little Ella’s an Angel:
Little Jenny Dow:
Lizzie Dies To-Night:
Lou’siana Belle:
The Love I Bear to Thee:
Lula Is Gone:
Maggie By My Side:
Mary Loves the Flowers:
Massa’s in de Cold Ground:
Melinda May:
The Merry, Merry Month of May:
Many more Stephen Foster songs will be added here. Eventually, this list will be a complete record of Foster’s output. Most of his songs were made in a sixteen-year period. He died at the young age of thirty-seven in the final year of the Civil War.
