'39

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

The 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

Ne'er 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

In the year of '39, came a ship 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 darlin', we'll away

But, my love, this cannot be

Oh, so many years have gone

Though I'm older but a year

Your mothers 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

For the day I'll take 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