Music: Traditional Composition
And it's far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
"Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell."
Murmured a youth one day;
"I'm off to a new land my fortune to try
And I'm ready to sail away"
"Must we be parted?" Now this fair one who cried
"I cannot let you go."
"I guess I must leave you," He gently replied
"Just for a while though."
And it's far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
Sadly she waits at the old cottage gate
Watching the whole day through
Until a message comes over the waves
And she hoping the words are true
"Whether in success or failure
I will be always true
And I was staying in this land far away
I'll be building a home for you"
And it's far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
And it's far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
And it's far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind