“I Cannot Sing To-Night” was submitted for copyright deposit on August 11, 1852 by Firth, Pond & Co. The lyrics are by George F. Bannister.

Evelyn Foster Morneweck writes in The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family, “After his return from the South in March, 1852, Stephen published that year ‘Massa’s in de Cold Ground,’ ‘The Hour for Thee and Me,’ ‘I Cannot Sing Tonight,’ and ‘Maggie by My Side.’”

“I Would Not Die in Spring Time” was entered for copyright deposit on October 15, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. It was originally published under the pseudonym Milton Moore, but there is no doubt that the song was composed by Foster. He recorded royalties for the song in his account book, and his brother Morrison notated in the margin of “Old Folks at Home Variations” that Milton Moore was Foster’s nom de plume.

“In the Eye Abides the Heart” was submitted for copyright deposit on October 10, 1851, by Firth, Pond & Co. The original author of the lyrics is Franz von Kobell, whose words were translated into English by Foster. The melody is by Franz Abt and arrangement by Henry Kleber.

“I’ll Be a Soldier” was submitted for copyright deposit on July 18, 1861, by John J. Daly.