"The Loved One" (1850)
Ballad
The poetry written and affectionately dedicated to
Mrs. Mary P. Mary'e at Port Gibson, Mississippi
by Mrs. Mary W. Hoopes,
The music composed by John Hill Hewitt, 1801-1890.

Baltimore, MD: George Willig Jr.
Plate No. 2190
[Source: 042/075@Levy]

1.
Oh I covet not palaces, castles or towers,
Nor the wealth, nor the pomp of the lands o’er the sea;
Give me only a cot deck’d with clustering flowers,
And the bright smiling eyes of my Mary Mary’e.

On a green sloping hill, with a stream by it flowing,
And a porch ’neath the shade of a wide spreading tree;
And the low windows wreath’d with the vines by them growing,
Oh, grant me but these and my Marry Mary’e.

2.
And here in contentment, while time glides away,
Would I mark the sun sink over life’s troubled sea;
With a tear for the wretched­­ a smile for the gay,
And a heart full of love for my Mary Mary’e.

Then come dwell with me in the valley of roses,
There’s a couch for my love ’neath the Magnolia tree,
No harm shall approach, while each beauty reposes,
But Joy’s spirit hover o’er Mary Mary’e.