This is a sentimental salon piece characteristic of late 19th-century American parlor music. It is distinctive for its simple, folk-inspired melodic line accompanied by basic broken-chord textures.
The primary challenge is maintaining a consistent, expressive tone in the right hand while keeping the accompaniment quiet.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
'Mid the Fields of Snowy Cotton is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 'Mid the Fields of Snowy Cotton lasts about 3 minutes.
'Mid the Fields of Snowy Cotton is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include 'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua, Believe Me, If All those Endearing Young Charms by Irish Folk Music, Broadway Melody by Nacio Herb Brown — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.