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Beautiful Dreamer is a song by Stephen Foster who was an American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and minstrel music. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The song tells of a lover serenading a Beautiful Dreamer who is oblivious to worldly cares and may actually be dead. Fosters works feature many dead young women, including his sister Charlotte and Jeanie. Helen Lightner writes, This sentimental ballad is folk-like in character with its repetitious but lovely melody and its basic harmonic accompaniment… The quiet and calm of this mood is portrayed by the monotony of the arpeggiated accompaniment, by the repetitiveness of the melodic pattern, and by the strophic form itself. The Lyrics of Beautiful Dreamer: 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 a way! Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft melody; Gone are the eares of life’s busy throng, Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie; Over the streamlet vapors are borne, Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn. Beautiful dreamer, beam of my heart, E’en as the morn on the streamlet and sea: Then will the clouds of sorrow depart, Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!