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Sweetheart, I'm bidding you fond farewell,
I will be yours someday;
I'm bound for a new land, my fortune 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 at last,
The girl I left behind.
"Oh, you can't leave me," this poor maid said,
"I will not let you go."
"But I must leave you," he gently replied,
"If only for a while, you know."
Far away in Australia,
Now has come the time;
When I am ready to welcome at last,
The girl I left behind.
"Now in success or in failure,
I will always be true;
And proudly each day in the land far away,
I'll be building a home for you."
Far away in Australia,
Now has come the time;
When I am ready to welcome at last,
The girl I left behind.
Daily she waits at the old cottage gate,
Watching the whole day through;
Then one day a message from over the sea,
And I'm hoping these words are true.
Far away in Australia,
Now has come the time;
When I am ready to welcome at last,
The girl I left behind.
Far away in Australia,
Soon will fate be kind;
And I will be ready to welcome at last,
The girl I left behind.
Recorded by Ryan's Fancy (Ryan's Fancy Live ©1975, Audat Records).
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From an arrangement by The Masterless Men.
Capo 3rd fret
(C) Sweetheart, I'm bidding you (F) fond fare-(C) well,
I will be (F) yours some-(G) day;
I'm (F) bound for a (G) new land, my (F) fortune to (C) try,
And I'm ready to (G) sail a-(C) way.
Chorus:
Far (C) a-(Am) way in Aus-(Em) tral-(G) ia,
(C) Soon will (Em) fate be (F) kind;
And (C) I will be (Em) ready to (F) welcome at (C) last,
The girl I (G) left be-(C) hind.
~ Chords contributed by Barry Penton ~
