ABC transcription of the melody:

X: 1
T: A Jolly Old Country Squire
T: The Leicestershire Squire
N: The cover bears the title "A Jolly Old Country Squire."
N: The music itself bears the title "The Leicestershire Squire."
C: Written and composed by Harry Clifton. [1872]
C: Arranged by M. Hobson.
S: Period sheet music published by Hopwood and Crew, serial number H&C 2354.
Z: by Artful Codger
% MIDI voicing:
%   abc2midi spec (also affects Barfly and some other programs)
%%MIDI program 1 57
%   Standard (ABC v2.0) spec
%%MIDI voice instrument=57
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=140 "Allegretto"
K: A
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% Piano introduction skipped
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%   Verse
E> D | C2 E> E A2 B> B | c2 A2 E2 E> E | F2 d F E2 A> B |
w: I a-rise in the morn, at the break of down, From a sleep ne-ver trou-bled by
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A2 G4 E2 | A2 A> A c2 A2 | G G F2 D2 F> F |
w: drea-ming, And greet with d-light, the glo-ri-ous sight, Of the
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G2 c> B A2 ^D2 | F2 E4 E2 | c2 c> c c2 c B |
w: sun with its ear-ly bea-ming. A meal then I make, That a
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A A E2 E2 E E | F2 G F E2 c A | A2 G4 E2 |
w: Gi-ant might take, For of good things I know I'm a lo-ver. I
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c c A2 E2 E2 | F2 G A B2 E E | E2 c A E2 F G | B2 A4 ||
w: sad-dle my horse the coun-try to cross, And a-way on my nag to the co-ver.
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%   Chorus
"^Chorus." E2 | A2 G A B2 A G | A2 F2 E2 E E | A2 G A A2 G A | (c4 B2) E2 |
w: Yo, ho! tal-ly ho! And a-way we go O-ver bush, o-ver brake, and thro' bri-ar, Then
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c2 B A B2 G2 | A A (GF) E2 E E | F2 G A B2 G2 | A4-A2 ||
w: Then who can there be, so hap-py and* free, As a jol-ly old coun-try Squire._