ABC transcription of the melody.

X:1
T:The Young Man on the Railway
T:or The Mail Train Driver.
C:Written by Harry Clifton, 1865
C:Composed by W. H. Brinkworth
S:Sheet music from Hopwood & Crew, Clifton's primary publisher.
N:Serial number H&C 703
N:Sheet music scans provided by Steve Gardham, from music in the Bodleian Library.
N:Last beat of right-hand measures cut off in original scan.
Z:by Artful Codger
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M:3/4
Q:1/4=100 " Moderato"
L:1/8
K:Eb
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%   Piano introduction
B2 | e3 (fga) | b2 g2 e2 | (fe)c2c2 | c3 zb2 | c'd'e'2 c'2 |
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%                              Verse
(be'd'c'ba) | (ga)g2f2 | e4 || B,2 | E3 F G A | B2 G2 E> E |
w: ||||* I sing a song so sor-row-ful my
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(FE) C2 C2 | C2 z2 B2 | c d e2 c2 | B B G2 B2 | c d e2 c2 |
w: heart's* fill'd with woe, My mi-se-ry's so pow-er-ful wher-ev-er I may
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B4 B c | _d e d2 B B | (c_d) c2 A2 | (FG) A2 F2 | (E2 D) B B2
w: go, Like a "hol-ly-hock in a gar-*den" beat down* by the rain,* Thro' a
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(BG) E2 e> c | (BG) E2 (FG) | B2 F2 G2 | E4 ||
w: young* man on the rail-*way who* drives the mail train.
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%   Chorus
"^Chorus." |: B> c | _d> e d2 B2 | c> _d c2 A A |(FG) A2 F2 | (E2 D2) B2
w: Oh my mi-se-ry's so pow-er-ful I shall ne'er* meet a-gain,* That
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(B>G) E2 e>c | (B>G) E2 (F>G) | B2 F2 G2 | E4 :|
w: young* man on the rail-*way who* drives the mail train.
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ga | bgegbe' | bgegbe' | d'c'bagf | e2 [e2g2b2e'2] z |]