He was very kind to me

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]When I was young [first line]Oh! he was very, very, very, very kind [first line of chorus]G [key]Rather slow [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Decorative ; Harry Lauder in Scottish costume (photographs) [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

For it\u27s a dear old land, is the Motherland, her sons are ever [first line of chorus]

Performers: Harry LauderPiano, Voice and Chord

Just a wee deoch-an-Doris

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]There's a good old Scottish custom [first line]Just a wee deoch-an-Doris [first line of chorus]B flat [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Harry Lauder (photograph) [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on inside front cover, first page, inside back cover and back cover [note

Hurray! The war is over! Hurray the fight is won! [first line of chorus]

Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics

It's nice to get up in the mornin' : (but it's nicer to lie in bed).

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]G major [key]Allegretto [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Photograph: Harry Lauder with pipe [illustration]Hana [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

Roamin' in the gloamin

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]I've seen lots o'bonnie lassies [first line]Roamin' in the gloamin' on the bonnie banks [first line of chorus]F [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]'character creations' [illustration]W. & A. Gates City Music Store; 105 Granville Street, Halifax [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on outside back cover [note

The weddin' o' Sandy MacNab.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]I'm on my road hame frae a marriage [first line]And the weddin' bells were ringin' [first line of chorus]D major [key]Tempo di Valse [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Photographs of Lauder in character costumes [illustration]Dominion Music Co., Toronto [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

There is somebody waitin' for me

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Once on a time [first line]There is somebody waitin' for me [first line of chorus]C [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Decorative, Harry Lauder (photograph) [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

The boss o' th' hoose.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]I'm feeling so glad when I ought to be sad [first line]If ever I marry again [first line of chorus]F major [key]Tempo di Valse [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Caricature, Harry Lauder [illustration]Francis, Day & Hunter [lithographer]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

It's just like bein' at home there's a piper playing in the morning

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]A Highland regiment was [first line]There's a piper playing in the morning [first line of chorus]B flat [key]Tempo di marcia [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Decorative ; Harry Lauder (photograph) [illustration]Starmer [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note