From the sheet music at The National Library of Australia:


YOU'LL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE
Words and music by Walter Beban & Jack Lumsdaine; ©1926.

1. It's parting hour,
And like some flower,
Your love has withered and died.
You bid me go,
But still I know,
You'll want me back by your side.

CHORUS: You'll miss me when I'm gone.
You'll want me later on.
Though other arms may hold you,
You will still remember love tales that I told you.
Each day will seem so long,
Blue birds won't sing their song.
After we have parted,
You'll be broken-hearted.
Dear, you'll miss me when I'm gone.

2. How can I smile,
When all the while,
I'm lonely as I can be—
Just like some barque,
When nights are dark,
Tossed by a wild stormy sea?