“Little Jenny Dow” was submitted for copyright deposit on January 10, 1862, by Horace Waters of New York.

“Little Jenny Dow” is one of several Foster songs that use the name “Jenny” in the title. The others are “Jennie’s Own Schottisch” (which is part of The Social Orchestra), “Jennie’s Coming o’er the Green,” “Jenny June,” and the original draft of “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.”