Another base and dreadful murder,
Now again, alas, has been,
One of the most atrocious murders
It is, as ever yet was seen;
Poor Thomas Briggs, how sad to mention,
Was in a first-class railway carriage slain,
Between Old Ford and Hackney Wick,
Which caused excitement, care and pain.
Oh, listen to this railway murder
Poor Briggs received the fatal wound,