"Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell"
Murmured a youth one day
"I'm off to a new land my fortune to to try
And I'm ready to sail away"

"Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind"

"Must we be parted?" this fair one cried
"I cannot let you go"
"Still I must leave you"
The young man replied
"But for only a while, you know"

"Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind"

"Whether in success or failure
I will always be true
Proudly each day in a land far away
I'll be building a home for you"

"Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind"

Daily she wait's at the old cottage gate
Watching the whole day through
Till a sweet message comes over the waves
In a new world are joined the two

"Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind"

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Writer(s): Christie Hennessy, DP