Hi, Barbara....
Here's a few to get you started (from A Treasury of Stephen Foster). Great book, full lyrics and music, lots of text.
....Tiger
Open Thy Lattice, Love
Oh! Boys, Carry Me 'Long
Hard Times Come Again No More
Ellen Bayne
Oh! Susannah
Away Down Souf
Lou'siana Belle
Old Uncle Ned
My Brudder Gum
Nelly Was a Lady
Oh! Lemuel!
Camptown Races
Angelina Baker
Nelly Bly
Ring de Banjo
Laura Lee
My Hopes Have Departed Forever
Old Folks at Home
Willie My Brave
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
Massa's in de Cold Ground
Old Dog Tray
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
Little Jenny Dow
Willie We Have Missed You
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me
Gentle Annie
The Glendy Burk
Old Black Joe
Down Among the Cane Brakes
Now What's the Matter
We Are Coming Father Abraam, 300,000 More
Willie Has Gone to War
Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone
Beautiful Dreamer
Dearer than Life!
Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway
Once I Loved Thee, Mary Dear
The Village Maiden
Under the Willow She's Sleeping
Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?
I Will Be True to Thee
Why, No One to Love?
Some Folks
Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
I Would Not Die in Springtime
If You've Only Got a Moustache
Mr. & Mrs. Brown
Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?