Was he America's greatest songwriter history tells us maybe so
Yet he died young in his late thirties sadly in dire poverty
All alone of alcohol poisoning in greatness there can be tragedy
One of the great songwriters of the English speaking World of him can be truly said
Stephen Collins Foster not well remembered but many of his songs are far from dead
Camptown Races, I dream of Jeanie, My Old Kentucky Home and Old Black Joe
His songs today remain quite popular time has not become their foe
Hard Times, Old Folks At Home, Beautiful Dreamer and Nelly Bly Stephen Foster's songs live on
Songs of his that are sung Worldwide though life's breath from him long gone
Songs of one who died as a young man as a song writer in his writing prime
His songs will live on for centuries through the coming years of time
Was he America's greatest songwriter great as he was hard to find
Stephen Collins Foster was a genius he had an enlightened mind
His songs have brought joy to many he climbed to the summit of fame
Yet he died as quite a young man without a penny to his name.
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