He was educated at Jefferson College. His most famous songs include Beautiful Dreamer, Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair and Oh Susana!. A true dog lover as can be seen by the words of his poem ' Old Dog Tray '. The lyrics to the poem Old Dog Tray demonstrate the poets empathy with dogs! We are sure that every dog lover will take enormous pleasure from the words of the Song - Old Dog Tray by Stephen Foster !
Old Dog Tray
by
Stephen Foster
The morn of life is past,
And ev'ning comes at last;
It brings me a dream of a once happy day,
Of merry forms I've seen
Upon the village green,
Sporting with my old dog Tray.
Chorus:
Old dog Tray's ever faithful;
Grief cannot drive him away;
He's gentle, he is kind,
I'll never, never find
A better friend than old dog Tray.
The forms I called my own
Have vanish'd one by one,
The lov'd ones, the dear ones have all pass'd away;
Their happy smiles have flown,
Their gentle voices gone,
I've nothing left but old dog Tray.
Chorus.
When thoughts recall the past,
His eyes are on me cast,
I know that he feels what my breaking heart would say;
Although he cannot speak,
I'll vainly, vainly seek
A better friend than old dog Tray