This song is already in the DT, but I decided to post it anyway because the recording at The Internet Archive is different. Maybe the version in the DT ultimately came from the sheet music—it does have 2 more verses—but the following corresponds to what Lauder actually sang. I have boldfaced some differences in wording.

Lauder really trills his R's to a ridiculous extent in this song—for comic effect, I assume, although I don't find it very funny.

By the way, I find that the trilling of R's is not only a Scottish thing; most, if not all, music-hall singers did it, Scottish or no (but not to the extent Lauder does in this song).


WE PARTED ON THE SHORE
Words and music by Harry Lauder
London, New York: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1906.
As sung by Harry Lauder, 1904

It's years an' years an' years an' years an' years an' years an' years
Since I parted from my sweetheart on the shore.
I never will forget the sicht; she shed so many tears.
I'd never seen so many tears before.
She asked me if I'd think of her, and I said perhaps I would,
But I'd often broke my promises before;
And then she stood, and sat and wept, and then began tae weep,
And when I saw that, we parted on the shore.

CHORUS: We parted on the shore, yes, we parted on the shore
I said, "Goodbye, love, I'm off to Baltimore."
An' I kissed her on the ship, the crew began to roar
Hilly-ho, hilly-ho, an' we parted on the shore.