Beautiful dreamer / Currier and Ives, (between 1856 and 1907).

"Beautiful Dreamer" is a popular American song, with words and music written by Stephen Collins Foster in 1864. Foster wrote the song just six weeks before his death and it was published posthumously.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (452x640, 46 KB)Beautiful dreamer source - Library of Congress File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (452x640, 46 KB)Beautiful dreamer source - Library of Congress File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 - January 13, 1864) was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of his era. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Recordings include:

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra

Decca 3118 (matrix DLA 1967-B)

Recorded Los Angeles March 22, 1940

Steve Conway with Jack Byfield & his Orchestra

Columbia(England) FB3233 (matrix CA 20117-1)

Released August 1946

Thomas Hampson with Jay Ungar (mandolin), David Alpher (piano), and Molly Mason (guitar)

EMI Classics 41645

Released November 8, 2005

Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Thomas Hampson Thomas Hampson (born June 28, 1955, Elkhart, Indiana) is an American opera singer (baritone). ...

Lyrics

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelie;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Reference

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