Intro
In the year of 39 assembled here the volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.
Don t you hear my call, though you re many years away,
Don t you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
Bridge
In the year of 39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we ll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I m older but a year
Your mother s eyes, from your eyes cry to me.
Don t you hear my call though you re many years away
Don t you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
Don t you hear my call though you re many years away
Don t you hear me calling you
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
For my life, still ahead, pity me.
Outtro
