Sweetheart I=m bidding you fond farewell,
I will be yours some day.
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 maiden said,
AI will not let you go.@
"But I must leave you,@ he gently replied,
If for only a while, you know.
Now in sucess 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.@
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.