The TV programme was 'Lark Rise to Candleford'. And I was wrong, he had nothing to do with 'The Beating of my own Heart/As I wandered by the Brookside.'

Got it! The song I was thinking of was 'Her bright smile haunts me still' which has a similar embossed cover to 'Beating' and I've got the original sheet music from 1870 which is words by J E Carpenter and music by Wrighton. This is what made me think more of parlour songs. But I also have the sheet for 'Postman's Knock' and that's definitely Music Hall. Both are published by Robt. Cocks.

More anon. I'm still going through my card indexes.