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In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers D \ em \
In the days when lands were few C G D \
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn em G C \
The sweetest sight ever seen Cmaj7 D G \
And the night followed day and the story tellers say D \ F#0 \
That the score brave souls inside em \ C \
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas G \ D D-C
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried em-C D-C G=-D D
Don't you here my call though you're many years away G \ C G
Don't you hear me calling you G \ D \
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand G-D em-hm C-G am
In the land that our grandchildren knew G D G \
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In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of the 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 but a year
Your mothers eyes from your eyes cry to me
Don't you here 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 G D G-D D
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