Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair

The most famous of Foster’s departed heroines, 1854.
words and music by Stephen C. Foster

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski:

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Lyrics

1. I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair
   Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air
   I see her tripping where the bright streams play
   Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
   Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour
   Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er
   Oh! I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair
   Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air
2. I long for Jeanie with the daydawn smile
   Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile
   I hear her melodies, like joys gone by
   Sighing round my heart o’er the fond hopes that die
   Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain
   Wailing for the lost one that comes not again
   Oh! I long for Jeanie, and my heart bows low
   Never more to find her where the bright waters flow
3. I sigh for Jeanie, but her light form strayed
   Far from the fond hearts round her native glade
   Her smiles have vanished and her sweet songs flown
   Flitting like the dreams that have cheered us and gone
   Now the nodding wild flowers may wither on the shore
   While her gentle fingers will cull them no more
   Oh! I sigh for Jeanie with the light brown hair
   Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air

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Sung here by Fred Feild: