“Ellen Bayne” was never entered for copyright deposit. The earliest known copy was published by Firth, Pond & Co. on February 3, 1854.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright on November 13, 1854, by Firth, Pond, & Co.

According to Evelyn Foster Mornweck’s The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family:

Adolph M. Foerster’s The Enchanter’s Dream, op. 85, is a composition for string orchestra. The Adolph M. Foerster Collection includes a manuscript full score in the composer’s hand. The piece was published in 1922 by Schuberth.