Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sighs and tears n.

(US Und.) ears.

1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks n.p.: Sighs and tears, ears.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).
1953		Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Sl. (2nd edn).
1999		R. Walton ‘Cockney Jack’ 🌐 As Jack walked down the field of wheat to work his sighs and tears picked up the sound of someone crying for help!