THE YOUNG MAN ON THE RAILWAY
or THE MAIL TRAIN DRIVER
   Written and sung by Harry Clifton [1865]
   Composed by W.H. Brinkworth

1
I sing a song so sorrowful my heart's fill'd with woe,
My misery's so powerful wherever I may go,
Like a "hollyhock in a garden" beat down by the rain,
Thro' a young man on the railway who drives the mail train.
   Chorus:
   Oh my misery's so powerful I shall ne'er meet again,
   That young man on the railway who drives the mail train.
2
In his suit of silver moleskin he was "muskiler" and strong,
"Mustarchers" like a "horficer" and his whiskers were long
Standing six feet in his wellingtons of him I was vain,
Oh that young man on the railway who drove the mail train.
3
I met him at a "semberley" some two years ago,
Attention so "pertikiler" to me he did show,
I was dress'd like a "marshoness" in muslin de laine,
By the young man on the railway who drove the mail train.
4
He told me that he "woshipp'd" me and said too beside,
In a year and a quarter he'd make me his bride;
And never would do anything to cause my heart pain,
Oh the young man on the raliway who drove the mail train.
5
One day there came a postman with double rat tat,
It made my poor heart beat with a pity-ty-pat,
For it said "I am married, so farewell! Ann Jane."
Oh the young man on the railway who drove the mail train.
6
Oh! where'er shall I wander, oh! where shall I fly,
My heart is like a "water pump" all "chok'd up" and "dry"
Or a "biler near a bustin" with misery's and pain,
Thro' that young man on the railway who drove the mail train.


Source: Sheet music issued by Clifton's primary publisher.
Transcribed by Steve Gardham.
MIDIs prepared by Artful Codger.


Notes by Steve Gardham:

Cover:
THE YOUNG MAN ON THE RAILWAY
or THE MAIL TRAIN DRIVER
To Mr Thomas Newbound of Leeds
Sung by Harry Clifton at his Concerts in England, Scotland and Ireland
Composed by W. H. Brinkworth
London, Hopwood & Crew 42 New Bond Street, W.
Litho by Concanen and Siebe is of Clifton looking rather fetching as a young country lass in a large gingham dress and apron. She looks rather forlorn, and on the ground in front of her is an opened envelope and letter.
The copy I got from the BL ref H1772 d 31

Inside
Written and sung by Harry Clifton             Composed by W. H. Brinkworth
Serial number H&C 703 (dated 1865 in 'The Era' sent in by Sminky)

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