Q sent me the tune from Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk, and that's the tune that's posted. The sheet music at the American Memory Collection has lyrics that are almost the same. the tune on the sheet music has a repeat of the last line with a slightly different melody the second time - but I don't think it's different enough to warrant another transcription.
-Joe Offer-

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Not much in the Traditional Ballad Index:

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: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1856 (Thompson-Pioneer)
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES: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-Pioneer 55, "Maid of Monterrey" (1 text)
Roud #2828
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Field of Monterey" (subject)
File: THP055

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