@ Generated more or less automatically by swtopmw by Erich Rickheit KSC heading "" breakbarlines underlaysize 9.5 notespacing *1.1 justify top left right stavespacing 1/64 systemgap 64 playtempo 100 key G time 3/4 [stave 1 treble 1 text underlay ulevel -25] "The Mid-night Ex-press will be late here to-night, So" [nocheck] d | b a b | G g | [time 2/4] b a | [time 3/4] G e | [time 4/4] D d "side-track the west-bound freight. Those were the or-ders that" g | [time 3/4] G g | B g | A. | [time 4/4] R r d | [time 3/4] B b | a g g | "Tom had re-ceived as he passed through the round-house gate. Tom" a g e | [time 4/4] d r r c'- c'-; | [time 3/4] B g- g- | A f | G. | r r g | "was the switch-man with heart true as steel, And du-ty= was first in his" G c' | c' c' c' | c' b b | B b | a- a-_; a a | c' b a | "breast; But the though of his boy= who was dy-ing at home, crazed Tom," D'. | r r b- b- | d' d' d' | b_ g g- g- | a g e | D c' | B "and he fall at his post. The shrill whis-tle blew on the freight for the" g- g- | a g f | G. | r r g | c' c' c' | C' c'- c'- | d' b. a- | "West, When the rum-ble was heard on the mid-night ex-press, A-sleep at" B b- b- | b a a | A b- b- | c' b a | D'. | r r b | d' b "the switch,= and no war-ning light To sig-nal those trains that rushed" d' | b_ g g | a g e | D d | g g g | G g | b "through the night, When down to the switch ran Tom's daugh-ter, Nell, The" a. g- | A. | r r b | d' d' d' | B g | a g. e- | D d | "cri-sis had passed, his boy would get well. She caught up the light and" g g c' | B g | a g f | G. | r r g | g c' c' | C' c' | "waved it on high, and side-tracked the West-= bound freight, The mid-" d' b b | B b | A a- a- | c'_ b a | D'. | r r b | d' "night ex-press all in safe-ty flew, by, While Tom was a-sleep at the" b d' | b a g | a g e | D c' | B g- g- | a g f | [nocheck] "switch. " G. | [endstave]