(Aaah
In the D year of β39 assembled Em here the volunteers.
In the C days when G lands were Dfew.
Here the Em ship sailed Gout
into the C blue and sunny morn. C
G Sweetest D sight ever Gseen.
And the D night followed day,
and the Eβo storytellers say
that the Em score brave souls inAmside
for G many a lonely day
sailed D across the milky seas.
Neβer looked C back, never D feared, never Gcried.
Donβt you G hear my call,
though youβre C many years aGway?
Donβt you G hear me calling Dyou?
Write your G letters Bm in the Emsand
D6 for the C day I Bm take your Amhand
in the Bm land that our D7 grandchildren Gknew.
(Aaah
In the D year of β39 came a Em ship in from the blue.
The volunC teers came G home that Dday.
And they Em bring good Gnews
of a C world so newly born,
though their G hearts so D heavily Gweigh.
For the D earth is old and grey,
little Eβo darling weβll away,
but my Em love this cannot Ambe.
For so G many years have gone
though Iβm D older but a year.
Your motherβs C eyes, from your D eyes, cry to Gme.
Donβt you G hear my call,
though youβre C many years aGway?
donβt you G hear me calling Dyou?
All the G letters Bm in the Emsand
D6 cannot C heal me Bm like your Am hand β¦
For my Em7 life, still aD7 head, pity Gme.