G                 D                         Em
In the   year of '39 Assembled here the volunteers

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days when lands were few   Here the ship sailed out into the

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Blue and sunny morn   Sweetest sight ever seen.

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And night followed day, and the story tellers say

         Em                   Am  
That the score brave souls inside

    G                         D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C            Em    C     D       C   G  D
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you

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Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Em           D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

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