From Yale Melodies: A Collection of the Latest Songs Used by the Yale University Glee Club edited by Thomas G. Shepard (New Haven, Conn.: Thomas G. Shepard, 1903), page 56:


BELINDA.

1. Not a long time to come, I remember it well,
Alongside a poorhouse a maiden did dwell.
She lived with her parents; her life was serene.
Her age it was red and her hair was nineteen.

2. This maid had a lover who nearby did dwell,
A cross-legged ruffian and bow-eyed as well.
Said he, "Let us fly by the light of yon star,
For you are the eye of my apple, you are."

3. "Oh, no," said the maiden. "Be cautious and wise,
Or my father will scratch out your nails with his eyes.
If you really love me, don't bring me disgrace,"
Said the maid as she buried her hands in her face.

4. But when she refused him, he knocked down the maid,
And silently drew out the knife of his blade.
He then cut the throat of the maiden so fair,
And dragged her around by the head of her hair.

5. Just then her old papa appeared, it appears,
And gazed on the sad scene with eyes in his tears.
He knelt down beside her; her pale face he kissed,
Then he rushed with his nose at the murderer's fist.

6. He looked at the lover and told him to bolt.
He drew a horse pistol; 'twas raised from a colt.
Said he, "Now I die, if I stay, it is true."
Said he, "Now I fly," and he flew up the flue.