My transcription from the recording found at The Internet Archive. A few words are doubtful. The whole of verse 1 line 3 is doubtful because it doesn't make sense to me.


OH! HOW I WEARIE, DEARIE*
Words and music by Harry Lauder
London: Francis, Day and Hunter, ©1926.
As sung by Harry Lauder, 1927?

1. I've been a very lonely fella for a while.
I'm thinking it's because I miss ma bonnie lassie's smile.
Oh, I left her just I kissed her if ma love for her is true, (?)
An' it must be true because I feel I'm burstin'(?) through an' through.

CHORUS: Oh, how I weary for you, sweetheart!
I'm never cheery when we're apart.
Nights are lonely; days are blue.
Oh, how I weary, dearie, for you!

2. Noo I am back again tae Glasga on the Clyde,
I'm gonnae stay for ever by ma bonnie lassie's side.
Oh, the ecstasy o' seein' soon ma Maggie's bonnie face,
An' the scrumptiousness of bein' locked in Maggie's fond embrace!

3. When I get settled up I'll try an' settle doon,
An' I'll do ma very best to be a credit to the toon.
Oh for wey(?) a wife like Maggie I can face this world's care.
I feel I'll be a gladiator, feel I'll do an' dare.**


[* Title as given in the sheet music according to the catalogue of the University of Oxford. They even insert "[sic]" after "WEARIE." Recordings variously give the title as OH, HOW I WEARY DEARIE or OH, HOW I WEARY DEARIE FOR YOU.]