Considered the first full-time songwriter in the U.S., Stephen Foster began churning them out in 1844. Here are 187 of his compositions in audio format.
Below you will find mp3s that 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:
Dolly Day:
Don’t Be Idle:
Don’t Bet Your Money On De Shanghai:
Down Among the Cane Brakes:
A Dream Of My Mother and My Home:
Ellen Bayne:
Eulalie:
Fairy Belle:
Farewell Mother Dear:
Farewell My Lilly Dear:
Farewell Old Cottage:
Farewell Sweet Mother:
For the Dear Old Flag I Die:
For Thee Love For Thee:
Gentle Annie:
Gentle Lena Clare:
Give the Stranger Happy Cheer:
Give This To Mother:
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread:
The Glendy Burk:
Happy Hours At Home:
Hard Times Come Again No More:
He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters:
The Holiday Schottisch:
The Hour For Thee and Me:
I Cannot Sing To-Night:
I’d Be a Fairy:
If You’ve Only Got a Moustache:
I’ll Be a Soldier:
I’ll Be Home To-Morrow:
I See Her Still In My Dreams:
I Will Be True To Thee:
I Would Not Die In Spring Time:
I Would Not Die In Summer Time:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair:
Jenny June:
Jenny’s Coming O’er the Green:
Katy Bell:
Kissing In The Dark:
Kiss Me Dear Mother:
Larry’s Good Bye:
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:
Merry Little Birds Are We:
Mine Is the Mourning Heart:
Molly Dear Good Night:
Molly Do You Love Me?
Mother, Thou’rt Faithful To Me:
Mr. and Mrs. Brown:
My Angel Boy:
My Boy Is Coming From the War:
My Brodder Gum:
My Hopes Have Departed Forever:
My Loved One and My Own (Eva):
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night:
My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman:
Nell and I:
Nelly Bly:
Nelly Was a Lady:
No Home, No Home:
None Shall Weep a Tear For Me:
No One To Love:
Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier:
Oh Boys, Carry Me Long:
Oh! Lemuel:
Oh! Susanna:
Oh! Tell Me Of My Mother:
Oh! There’s No Such Girl As Mine:
Oh! ‘Tis Glorious:
Oh! Why Am I So Happy?
Old Black Joe:
Old Dog Tray:
Old Folks At Home:
Old Memories:
Old Uncle Ned:
Once I Loved Thee, Mary Dear:
Onward and Upward:
Open Thy Lattice Love:
Stephen Foster songs are still being added. He composed over a sixteen year period. He died at the young age of thirty-seven in the final year of the Civil War.
