From the sheet music at the The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music (Click for a PDF.):


THE MESSAGE BOY
Written, composed & sung by Harry Lauder
New York : T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter ©1911

1. I'm workin' wae a grocer at the corner o' oor street.
I go all his messages for one-and-six a week.
When the shop is full o' folk, I've got to serve as well,
And when I've served the folk I've served, I always serve mysel.

CHORUS: Oh! I'm up, up early in the mornin',
Whether the weather it is rain or shine.
I'm up and doon and roon
A' the hooses in the toon
With my basket till it's half past nine.

2. We're goin to hae a sale next week o' diff'rent kinds o' teas,
Lamb and ham and eggs, and all the diff'rent sort o' cheese.
I ken it's time the cheese was sold, 'cause it can really talk!
A gorgonzola last week ask'd a ham oot for a walk.