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Far Away In Australia (Traditional) w/chords & video
See also: Far Away In Australia (Ryan's Fancy)

      #111 YouTube video by newfiefiddler ©2006
                   ~ Used with permission ~

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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.

####.... Variant of an Irish traditional popularized by Derek Warfield & Tom Byrne of The Wolfe Tones (Profile, trk#12, 1991, Shanachie Records, Newton, New Jersey) ....####
The YouTube video above features an excellent performance of an arrangement by Jody Hale of Too Good Arm and Grand Falls-Windsor, NL.

See more songs by Jody Hale.

A variant was recorded by Ray Johnson of Job's Cove, Conception Bay, NL (Ray Johnson At The Newfoundlander, trk#6; 1972, Audat Records, Oshawa, Ontario, from the Newfoundlander Club in Halifax, recorded at Audio Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia).

A variant was arranged and recorded as Far Away In Australia by Ryan's Fancy (Ryan's Fancy Live, trk#9, 1975, Audat Records, Oshawa, Ontario, recorded live at Audio Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia).

See more songs by Ryan's Fancy.

A variant was recorded by Harry Hibbs (More Harry Hibbs At The Caribou, trk#6, 1968, Arc Sound Ltd., Toronto, Ontario; remastered and released in 2002 by Unidisc Studios, Montreal, Quebec).

See more songs by Harry Hibbs.

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Notes On Guitar Tabs:
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All guitar tabs have been contributed by visitors to this site and represent their interpretation of the tune. We are unable to verify their accuracy.

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 ~





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