Stephen Collins Foster piosenki

1. Once I could laugh and play, When in life's early day, Then I was far away-- down among the cane-brakes. CHORUS Down among the cane-brakes on the Mississippi shore; Oh! those happy days, those happy days are o'er! Oh! those happy days will come back no mor...

1. Soft be thy slumbers, Rude cares depart, visions in numbers Cheer thy young heart. Dream on while bright hours And fond hopes remain, Blooming like smiling bow'rs For thee, Ellen Bayne. CHORUS Gentle slumber o'er thee glide, Dreams of beauty round thee bid...

1. Bluebirds linger here a while, O'er this sacred grassy pile, Sing your sweetest songs to me -- 'Tis the grave of Eulalie. Roses white, around her tomb Gently wave and sweetly bloom, Let your silent language be -- "We will bloom for Eulalie." Let your silent...

1. The pride pf the village and the fairest in the dell Is the queen of my song and her name is Fairy-Belle; The sound of her light step may be heard upon the hill Like the fall of the snow-drop or the drip of the rill, CHORUS Fairy-Belle, gentle Fairy-Belle,...

1. Farewell! mother dear; I go Wher loved ones never can be parted. We will meet again I know; Be not weeping and down hearted. Last night I dreamed of thee Saying pleasant things to me; Still again those vigils keep While I lay me gently down to sleep. Oh! Fa...

1. Farewell sweet mother, Weep not, weep not now for me, Though my soul must wander hither, Weep not mother now for me. Soon with an angel hand, I will wander hand in hand, To a fair and radiant land where I will wait for thee -- Farewell sweet mother, Weep no...

1. Farewell! old cottage, You and I must part: I leave your faithful shelter With a poor breaking heart. The stranger, in his might, Hath cast our lot in twain; The term of our delight Must close in parting pain. Farewell! old cottage -- Farewell! old cottage,...

1. Oh! Lilly dear, it grieves me, The tale I have to tell; Old massa sends me roaming, So Lilly, fare-you-well! Oh! fare-you-well, my true love, Farewell, old Tennesse. Then let me weep for you, love, But do not weep for me. CHORUS Farewell forever, to old Te...

1. I'll watch o'er thy dreams when thou'rt sleeping, For thee, love, for thee, love, I'll weep o'er thy cares when thou'rt weeping, For thee, only thee. The wild lands of India, The prairie, the sea May lure me, but fondly, I'll still turn to thee, For thee, d...

1. Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie, Like a flower thy spirit did depart; Thou art gone, alas! like the many That have bloomed in the summer of my heart. CHORUS Shall we never more behold thee; never hear thy winning voice again -- When the Spring time co...

1. I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare, With deep blue eyes and waving hair, Her voice is soft, her face is fair My gentle Lena Clare. CHORUS Gentle Lena Clare My dear lov'd Lena Clare Her heart is light, her eyes are bright, My gentle Lena Clare. 2. I love her...

1. Give the stranger happy cheer, When, o'er his cheek, the tear-drops start, The balm that flows from one kind word May heal the wound in a breaking heart. Scorn not the grief that his breast may outpour, It may be for loved ones on come distant shore. Oh! g...

1. De Camptown ladies sing dis song ---------- Doo-dah! doo-dah! De Camptown race-track five miles long ---- Oh! doo-dah day! I come down day wid my hat caved in ------- Doo-dah! doo-dah! I go back home with a pocket full of tin -- Oh! doo-dah day! CHORUS Gwi...

1. I sit me down by my own fireside When the winter nights come on, And I calmly dream as the dim hours glide, Of many pleasant scenes now gone; Of our healthful plays in my schoolboy days, That can never come again; Of our summer joys and our Christmas toys,...

1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;-- Oh! Hard Timesm come again no more. CHORUS 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary;-- Hard Times, Hard Time...

1. Kind lady, ask me not to sing The joys other days; Chide not my muse, though she refuse To bask in Memory's rays. I would that all my youthful joys Could vanish from my sight; For ah! my heart is very sad: I cannot sing to-night. I cannot, I cannot, cannot...

1. While the flow'rs bloom in gladness and spring birds rejoice There's a void in our household of one gentle voice. The form of a loved one hath passed from the light, But the sound of her footfall returns with the nigh; For I see her still in my dreams, I se...

1. I will be true to thee Though I share in thy worst despair, I will be true to thee, Though my own heart be bowed with care. Though cold neglect upon thy hopes may fall, Though fears of death may never near thy soul, Though funeral knells upon thine ears may...

1. I would not die in Spring time When all is bright around, And fair young flowers are peeping From out the silent ground, When life is on the water And joy upon the shore; For winter, gloomy winter Then reigns o'er us no more. 2. I would not die in Summer W...

1. In the cheerful days of spring, Days bright and airy, Oft in mirthful glee I sing I'd be a fairy! I'd be a fairy, to sport with wint'ry storms, To fly on the winds, never fearful of alarms, Coquetting 'mid birds and cheerful melody: I'd be a fairy sportive...