Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee.

- Stephen Foster

I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which be…

- Stephen Foster

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away, Gone from the earth to a better land I know, …

- Stephen Foster

Dear Sir: I will wish to establish my name as the best Ethiopian songwriter. But I am not encouraged in undertaking this as long as 'The Old Folks At…

- Stephen Foster

You may wonder, 'How can I leave it all behind if I am just coming back to it? How can I make a new beginning if I simply return to the old? The a…

- Stephen Foster