To Mrs. W. Henry Garrison, Saratoga Springs
"The Gipsy's Warning" (1864)
[aka The Gipsie's Warning]
(A Song.)
Composed with Symphonies and Accompaniments for the 
Piano Forte, 
by Henry A. Coard.

Brooklyn: D.S. Holmes, 67 Fourth Street
[Source: 130/067@Levy]

1. Do not trust him gentle lady, 
Tho’ his voice be low and sweet. 
Heed not him who kneels before you, 
Gently pleading at they feet, 
Now thy life is in  its morning, 
Cloud not this thy happy lot. 
Listen to the gipsie’s warning. 
Gentle lady trust him not. 
  Listen to the gipsie’s warning, 
  Gentle lady trust him not.

2. Do not turn so coldly from me. 
I would only guard thy youth 
From his stern and withering power, 
I would only tell thee true, 
I would shield thee from all danger, 
Save thee from the temptor’s snare, 
Lady shun that dark eyed stranger, 
I have warned thee, now beware, 
  Lady shun that dark eyed stranger, 
  I have warned thee, now beware.

3. Lady, once there lived a maiden,
Pure and bright, and like thee, fair,
But he wooed, and wooed, and won her,
Filled her gentle heart with care;
Then he heeded not her weeping,
Nor cared he, her life to save.
Soon she perished, now she’s sleeping
In the cold and silent grave.
  Soon she perished, now she’s sleeping
  In the cold and silent grave.

4. Keep thy gold, I do not wish it!
Lady, I have prayed for this,
For the hour when I might foil him,
Rob him of expected bliss;
Gentle lady, do not wonder
At my words so cold and wild,
Lady, in that green grave, yonder
Lies the gipsie’s only child.
  Lady, in that green grave, yonder
  Lies the gipsie’s only child.