Words and music by Stephen Foster

One of Stephen Foster’s most iconic parlor songs, “Beautiful Dreamer” was one of the final songs he wrote while in bad health and in desperate need of money. Its sentimental style is devoid of the minstrel themes that many of his songs contained. It has become one of his most performed songs in the last century, covered by The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Bing Crosby, and many others.