The song “Oh That We Two Were Maying,” by Ethelbert Nevin, was published in 1888 in Sketchbook, op. 2. The collection included seven songs, one choral piece, and five piano pieces. Holograph sketches of the piece are found in the Ethelbert Nevin Collection.

WARNING: This is a blackface minstrel song, a genre that features demeaning caricatures rooted in racism and white supremacy.

“Oh! Boys, Carry Me ’Long” was entered for copyright on June 24, 1851, and entered for copyright deposit on June 25th, 1851, by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York. 

The song was arranged for guitar accompaniment and submitted for copyright deposit on February 4, 1853.

Two holograph manuscripts of the song are held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

WARNING: This is a blackface minstrel song, a genre that features demeaning caricatures rooted in racism and white supremacy.

“Oh! Susanna” was submitted for copyright deposit by W. C. Peters & Company on December 30, 1848. It was very likely published between July 15 and August 1 that year, for an advertisement in the Louisville Daily Democrat refers to the song as “recently published” on September 6, 1848. This was not the first edition of the song published. But this is the first edition that was prepared from Foster’s autograph manuscript.

“Oh! There’s No Such Girl as Mine” was submitted for copyright deposit on March 10, 1863, by Horace Waters of New York. The text is a paraphrase of Samuel Lover’s “There’s No Such Girl as Mine.” 

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

“Oh! ’Tis Glorious!” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright depost on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863). The author of the lyrics is Edwin H. Nevin.

“Old Dog Tray” was entered for copyright deposit on August 10, 1853, by Firth, Pond & Co.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright deposit on September 28, 1854, also by Firth, Pond & Co.

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

There is no record of nineteenth-century copyright entry, nor is there evidence that “Old Folks at Home Variations” was published in the nineteenth century. 

“Old Memories” was deposited for copyright on December 5, 1853, by Firth, Pond & Co.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright on September 27, 1854, also by Firth, Pond, & Co.

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

“Onward and Upward!” was submitted for copyright deposit on November 20, 1863, by Horace Waters of New York. George Cooper authored the lyrics.

“Our Bright, Bright Summer Days Are Gone” was submitted for copyright deposit on June 4, 1861, by John J. Daly of New York.

According to John Mahon in his article “The Last Years of Stephen C. Foster” (New York Clipper, March 24, 1877): 

“Our Willie Dear is Dying” was deposited for copyright on May 9, 1861, by Firth, Pond & Company. It is one of several songs by Foster about a character named Willie, the others of which were “Willie My Brave,” “Willie We Have Missed You,” and “Willie Has Gone to War.”

According to John Mahon in his article “The Last Years of Stephen C. Foster” (New York Clipper, March 24, 1877):