Beautiful Dreamer
Lyricist(s): Stephen Foster Composer(s): Stephen Foster singer(s): American song
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York.
“Beautiful Dreamer” is one of Stephen Foster’s most memorable ballads. It was written at least six months before his death, when he was destitute and in poor health, and surviving by selling (at extremely cheap rates) songs written in haste. With its lilting triplet rhythm, “Beautiful Dreamer” exemplifies Foster's final sentiments and has become one of America's most beloved serenades.
For his songs composed after 1860, Foster turned his creative energy to the parlor ballad, a type of song noted for its sentimental or narrative text, frequently at a slow tempo. The subjects of Foster’s ballads were relatively free of minstrel-song influences, and centered on topics devoid of southern themes, such as mother, love, and home. (Library of Congress)
Sheet music
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Lyrics
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all passed away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea,
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelei;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
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