Maid of Monterrey

DESCRIPTION: A senorita comforts the fallen Americans on the field of Monterrey. "Although she loved her nation And prayed that it might live Yet for a dying foeman She had a prayer to give"
AUTHOR: John H. Hewitt (1801-1890) (source: sheet music published 1851 by F. D. Benteen)
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: battle mercy death Mexico soldier
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Sept 20-24, 1846 - Battle of Monterrey (part of the Mexican War). General Zachary Taylor captures the city, but the fight is bloody
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thompson-APioneerSongster 55, "Maid of Monterrey" (1 text)
Roud #2828
BROADSIDES:
LOCSheet, sm1851.520180, "The Maid ot Monterey" F. D. Benteen (Baltimore), 1851
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Field of Monterey" (subject)
File: THP055

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