'39

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

In the year of '39 assembled here, the Volunteers

In the days when lands were few

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn

Sweetest sight ever seen

And the night followed day, and the storytellers say

That the score brave souls inside, mmm

For many a lonely day

Sailed across the milky seas

Ne’er looked back, never feared, never cried

[Chorus]

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 take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew

[Instrumental Break & Vocalizations]

[Verse 2]

In the year of '39

Came a ship in 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 weight

For the Earth is old and grey

Little darling, we'll away but, my love, this cannot be

For so many years are gone

Though I'm older but a year

Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me

[Chorus]

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 take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew

[Outro]

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