“The Little Ballad Girl” was submitted for copyright entry on November 17, 1860, and copyright deposit on December 11, 1860, by Daughaday & Hammond of Philadelphia.

The song was originally published in Clark’s School Visitor in December, 1860, and then reissued in sheet music format. When the song was published by John Church Jr. around 1865, the title was changed to “’Tis My Father’s Song.”

“The Pure, the Bright, the Beautiful” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters.

“The Soldier’s Home” was submitted for copyright deposit on November 13, 1863, by S. T. Gordon of New York. George Cooper authored the lyrics.

“The Village Maiden” was submitted for copyright deposit on September 17, 1855, by Firth, Pond & Co.

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

In the six months immediately following his father’s death, Stephen published only two songs, “The Village Maiden” and “Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me.” The words of “The Village Maiden” are plaintive and sad, of old-time ballad style; the melody is much better suited for religious purposes than some of the hymn tunes that he turned out later in life.