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Verse 1: Sweetheart I'm bidding
you fond farewell murmured a youth one day
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I'm
off to a new land my fortune to try and I'm ready to sail away
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Chorus: Far away in Australia
soon will fate be kind
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And
I will be ready to welcome the lass the girl I left behind
Verse 2: Must we be parted? His
fairer one cried, I cannot let you go
Still
I must leave you, the young man replied, but for only a while you know
Chorus:
Verse 3: Whether
in success or failure I will always be true
Proudly
each day in that land far away I'll be building a home for you
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Verse 4: Daily
she waits at the old cottage gate, watching the whole day through
Till
that sweet message comes over the wave, and in the new world they're joined
as two
Chorus: Far
away in Australia now has fate been kind
And
I am ready to welcome at last the girl I left behind