I transcribed this from Spotify. You can hear a different recording at YouTube, sung by Malcolm McEachern in 1934, but he omits verse 2.


DEVONSHIRE CREAM AND CIDER
Words by Theodore Curzon, music by Wilfrid Sanderson, 1919.
As sung by Frederick Harvey with the Philharmonia Orchestra, on "The British Composers – Guide to Britain" (2011)

1. At Brixham, which is Devon way, a-nestling to the sea,
You'll see a fisherman old and gnarled who knew Dan Peggotty.*
Old Silas Oak is what he's called, and when the bells are ringing,
When the red boats all draw in their nets, you'll hear old Silas singing,
You'll hear old Silas singing:

CHORUS:
"I be nigh on ninety-seven, born and bred in dear old Devon,
And folks may be as old as I in other parts of England.
The Cornish seas are wide, but in Devonshire they're wider,
So if you'd live as long as I, try Devonshire cream and cider!"

2. Says Silas Oak down Devon way: "You've heard 'em speak of heaven,
But if you see the docks you'll know it's prettier far in Devon.
Down Brixham way ... (?) when the boats bring in their catches,
Such silver shoals on a sunlit morn, no place in heaven matches,
No place in heaven matches. CHORUS

3. He's looking to the westward now; his farewell call he's hearing,
But though a fisherman old and gnarled, the journey he's not fearing,
For the Devon seas around him play and when at last they're calling,
I know I'll hear old Silas say, when the last brown leaf is falling,
When the last brown leaf is falling:

LAST CHORUS:
"I be nigh on ninety-seven, born and bred in dear old Devon
And folks may be as old as I in other parts of England
But when it's time to rest, why, lay me down beside her,
And let me sleep in the dear-loved land of Devonshire cream and cider,
And let me sleep in the dear-loved land of Devonshire cream and cider."


[* A character in Dickens' David Copperfield who lives with his family in a houseboat on the beach at Yarmouth.]