Here is a melody transcription of "My Rattling Mare and I" from scans of original Clifton sheet music which Steve Gardham sent me. For the full lyrics, Steve referred me to the Bodley broadsides; see Jim Dixon's transcription above, which is for the entry with the earliest date range. Let me just add some information for that entry:

Harding B 11(2522); dated between 1840 and 1866
Printer: J. Harkness, Preston
On same sheet: My Bonny Boy Is Young, But He's Growing


X:1
T:My Rattling Mare and I
C:Words and music by Harry Clifton (p.d.)
Z:Transcribed by Artful Codger from sheet music scans from Steve Gardham.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
% Intro
a | d'2d' c'2b | (baf d2)d | e2d B2c |
d3-dz A | (dFG AEF | GDE F2)B | (AFD) F2E | D3-D2 ||
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% Song
"^In a playful style." A | d2d c2B | B2A F2D | ED2 B,2C | D3-Dz A |
w:I am a coun-try car-ri-er, A jo-vial soul am I._ I
B B c d2 B | (ce) c (AB) c | d2B F2G | A3-Az A |
w:whis-tle and sing from morn* till night,* And trou-ble I de-fy._ I've
B2c d2B | (ce) c A2c | d2c B2A | d3-dz A |
w:one to bear me com-* pa-ny Of work she does her share._ It's
d2d c2B | (BA) F D2D/D/ | E2D B,2C | D6 ||
w:not my wife u-pon* my life But a rat-tling old bay mare.
|: "^CHORUS." d3 c2e | d3-d2z | B2c d2e | c3-c2z |
w:Round goes the world._ Trou-ble I de-fy._
d d c (ed) B | A A F D2D | (EG) E B,2C |1 D3-D2 z :|2 D3-HD2 ||
w:Jog-ging a-long* to-ge-ther my boys, My rat-*tling mare and I._ I._
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% Finale
A | (A/B/c/d/e/f/) e2d | (B/c/d/e/f/g/) f2e | (^d/e/f/g/a/b/ b/a/g/f/e/=d/ | \
c/B/A/g/f/e/) Hd2 y ||
% Note: Corrected (2nd) D# to D natural in next to last measure.

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