JUANITA
Spanish Ballad (pub. 1855)
words: (Hon.) Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877)
music: T.G. May

Soft o'er the fountain,
Ling'ring falls the southern moon;
Far o'er the mountain
Breaks the day--too soon!
In thy dark eyes' splendor
Where the warm light loves to dwell,
Weary looks--yet tender,
Speak their fond farewell!

Nita! Juanita!
Ask thy soul if we should part!
Nita! Juanita!
Lean thou on my heart.

When in thy dreaming
Moons like these shall shine again,
And daylight beaming,
Prove thy dreams are vain,
Wilt thou not relenting,
For thine absent lover sigh!
In thy heart consenting
To a prayer gone by!

Nita! Juanita!
Let me linger by thy side!
Nita! Juanita!
Be my own fair bride!

From sheet music at Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music site.
Instrumental on "The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds", CD 2, track 14