"When no one else is by" (1865)
BALLAD
Words by
W. Dexter Smith Jr. [1842-1909]
Music by
J[oseph]. P[hilbrick]. Webster [1819-1875]

Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy, cor. Clark & Washington Sts.
Boston: O. Distons & Co.
Cincinnati: J. Church Jr.
Milwaukee: Abel & Sherman
N.York: W. A. Pond & Co.
Phila.: C. W. A. Trumplar
[Source: am1304@Mills]

1. I love a gentle maiden
And I think she love me,
And if I dared to ask her
My loving wife to be,
That I should be quite happy,
I cannot well deny,
And I think I must ask her,
When no one else is by! I think I must 

REFRAIN [sung after each VERSE]
Oh! I should be quite happy,
I cannot that deny,
If I could “pop the question”
When no one else is by.

2. If I am sitting with her
Some one is sure to  be,
With in the little parlor
Where they can hear and see;—
She has a roguish brother
With such a keen, black eye,—
Some one may black the other
When no one else is by! one may black the 

3. She smiles so very sweetly
When e’er I meet her now,
That I am sure she could not
Refuse to bear my vow!
I’ll tell her that I love her,
And shall until I die,
If I can only see her
When no one else is by! I can only