The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection has a song called SWEET EVELINA that begins "'Way down in the meadow where the lily first blows…"

Here's the description:
Title: Sweet Evelina.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Words by M. Melody by T. Composed and Arranged for the Piano Forte by Mrs. Parkhurst.
T. Mrs. Parkhurst Publication: New York: Horace Waters, 481 Broadway, 1863.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice (solo and satb chorus)
First Line: 'Way down in the meadow where the lily first blows, where the wind from the mountain n'er ruffles the rose
First Line of Chorus: Sweet Evelina, dear Evelina, my love for thee shall never, never die
Performer: As Sung By All The Minstrel Bands
Dedicatee: To Mr. C.M. Tremaine, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Warren, Music Stereotyper, rear 43 Centre St.
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