Beautiful Dreamer lyrics

Artist	Don Gibson
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Stephen c. foster (1826-1864)

Beautiful dreamer serenade

1Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me
2Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
3Sounds of the rude world heard in the day
4Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd a way!

5Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song
6List while I woo thee with soft melody;
7Gone are the cares of life's busy throng, --
8Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
9Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!

10Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
11Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie;
12Over the streamlet vapors are borne
13Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn

14Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart
15E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
16Then will all clouds of sorrow depart, --
17Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
18Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

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Online text copyright © 2003, ian lancashire for the department of english, university of toronto
Published by the web development group, information technology services, university of toronto libraries

Original text: beautiful dreamer, "the last song ever written" by stephen c. foster. composed but a few days previous to his death (new york: w. a. pond, 1864). facsimile in stephen foster, household songs, earlier american music 12, introduction by h. wiley hitchcock (new york: da capo press, 1973): 89-93. m780.82 e13 no. 12 toronto metro public reference library
First publication date: 1864
Rpo poem editor: ian lancashire
Rp edition: rpo 1998
Recent editing: 1:2002/4/27

Composition date: 1864
Rhyme: aabb ababb

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