Hi, Sarah - The extra verse is in the 1840 version, but your exact wording is in a version attribute to T. Dunn English in 1850. Now, here's the 1853 sequel - you can see why this one isn't sung nowadays.
-Joe Offer-
GRAVE OF BEN BOLT
(Sydney Dyer & I.B. Woodbury)By the side of sweet Alice they have laid Ben Bolt,
Where often he longed to repose,
For there he would kneel with the early spring flowers,
And plant o'er his darling the rose.
His heart was as true as the star to his gaze,
When tossed on the billows alone,
But now it is cold and forever at rest,
For he calmly lies under the stone.How often his eyes were seen brimming with tears,
To mingle with others in grief;
But joy would rekindle the light of his smile,
When pouring the balm of relief.
At last he has gone to the bright spirit land
And free from all sorrow and pain,
He tastes the full raptures of angels above,
For he meets with sweet Alice again!We'll gather the flowers from the green shady nook,
And moss from the silent old mill.
To strew o'er the graves where obscurely repose
The hearts that death only can chill.
And oft, when the soul has grown weary and sad,
We'll come by the twilight alone
To muse o'er the spot where together Ben Bolt
And sweet Alice lie under the stone.(words: Sydney Dyer, music: I.B. Woodbury, 1853)
MIDI file: BENBOL3.MID
Timebase: 192
Name: GRAVE OF BEN BOLT
Text: By Sydney Dyer (words) & I.B. Woodbury (music)
Copyright: Copyright © 1853
Tempo: 090 (666666 microsec/crotchet)
Key: Ab
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Start
0288 1 63 110 0046 0 63 000 0002 1 63 110 0046 0 63 000 0002 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0096 0 70 000 0000 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 73 110 0160 0 73 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 70 110 0256 0 70 000 0032 1 63 110 0094 0 63 000 0002 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 73 110 0160 0 73 000 0032 1 75 110 0094 0 75 000 0002 1 77 110 0096 0 77 000 0000 1 72 110 0022 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0166 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0142 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0046 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0640 0 68 000 0032 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0048 0 67 000 0000 1 65 110 0046 0 65 000 0002 1 63 110 0094 0 63 000 0002 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 75 110 0094 0 75 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0048 0 67 000 0000 1 65 110 0046 0 65 000 0002 1 63 110 0094 0 63 000 0002 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0142 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0046 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0128 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 73 110 0144 0 73 000 0000 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 73 110 0094 0 73 000 0002 1 72 110 0144 0 72 000 0000 1 70 110 0046 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0144 0 70 000 0000 1 68 110 0046 0 68 000 0002 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000 0032 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 73 110 0160 0 73 000 0032 1 75 110 0094 0 75 000 0002 1 77 110 0096 0 77 000 0000 1 72 110 0022 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0166 0 72 000 0002 1 72 110 0142 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0046 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0256 0 68 000
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:GRAVE OF BEN BOLT
M:2/4
Q:1/4=90
K:Ab
E7E|E4F2G2|A2A2G2A2|B4B2c2|A6c2|d4c2B2|c4B2A2|
B6E2|E4F2G2|A4G2A2|B4B2c2|A6c2|d4e2f2|c/2c7/2c3B|
A8|-A6A2|B4GFE2|A4c2e2|B4GFE2|A6c2|c4c3B|
A2A2B4|c6c2|d3cB2d2|c3BA2c2|B3AG2B2|A6cc|
d4e2f2|c/2c7/2c3B|A11/2||
The ABC portion of the MIDITXT output didn't come out quite right.
Tune also sent to Alan for inclusion in Mudcat MIDIs.