- 'In the year of
thirty-nine'
- 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 story
tellers 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'll
take your hand
- In the land that
our grand-children knew
- 'In the year of
thirty-nine'
- 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 darling
we'll away
- But my love, this
cannot be
- Oh so many years
have gone
- Though I'm older
than 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 grand-children 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
