From the sheet music found at Indiana University:


MY AIN FOLK: A Ballad of Home
Words by Wilfrid Mills, music by Laura G. Lemon.
Published by Boosey & Co., New York & London. ©1904.

1. Far frae my hame I wander;
But still my thoughts return
To my ain folk ower yonder,
In the sheiling by the burn.
I see the cosy ingle
And the mist abune the brae;
And joy and sadness mingle,
As I list some auld warld lay.

CHORUS: And it’s oh! but I’m longing for my ain folk,
Tho’ they be but lowly, puir, and plain folk:
I am far beyond the sea,
But my heart will ever be
At hame in dear auld Scotland, wi’ my ain folk!

2. O’ their absent ane they’re telling—
The auld folk by the fire:
And I mark the swift tears welling,
As the ruddy flame leaps high’r.
How the mither wad caress me
Were I but by her side:
Now she prays that Heav’n will bless me,
Tho’ the stormy seas divide. CHORUS

3. A bonnie lass is greeting,
Tho’ she strives to stay the tears:—
Ah! sweet will be our meeting
After mony weary years.
Soon my fond arms shall enfold ye,
As I ca’ you ever mine—
Still abides the love I told ye
In the days of auld lang syne.

LAST CHORUS: And it’s oh! but I’m longing for my ain folk,
Tho’ they be but lowly, puir, and plain folk:
I am far across the sea,
But soon again I’ll be
At hame in dear auld Scotland, wi’ my ain folk!


The Internet Archive has 2 recordings: by the Imperial Quartet from 1915, and Marjorie Lawrence from 1941.