You can hear this at The Internet Archive. Here is my transcription.


WHEN I GET BACK [AGAIN]* TO BONNIE SCOTLAND
London: Francis, Day and Hunter, ©1908.
As sung by Harry Lauder, 1909

Beside oor faither's cottage at the bottom o' the glen,
Ah've left ma bonnie lassie bathed in tears.
She nearly broke her hairt
When Ah said we'll have tae pairt,
Because Ah'm goin away for seeven years;
But she dried her tears away
When Ah spoke about the day
That I'd come back again an make her mine.
She said, "When you cross the sea,
Jock, Ah hope ye'll write tae me,"
An' since Ah left Ah'm singin' all the time:

CHORUS: Oh, her cheeks are like the bloomin' rose and her neck is like the swan.
Her face it is the sweetest face I've ever looked upon.
And I'll row her in the heather yet as sure as my name's John,
When I get back again to bonnie Scotland.


[* Some versions omit "AGAIN" from the title.]