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'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 darlin' 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