Intro:        
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In the D year of `39 assembled Em here the volunteers in the C days when the G lands were D few
Here the Em ship sailed Em7 out into the C blue and sunny morn, the G sweetest D sight ever G seen
G And the D night followed day and the B7 story tellers say that the Em score brave souls inAm side
For G many a lonely day sailed D across the milky seas C ne'er looked Em back, C never D feared, never G cried.D 
Don't you G hear my call though you're C many years G away don't you hear me calling D you
Write your G letters G/F# in the Em sand D for the C day I C/B take your Am hand
In the G land that our D grandchildren G knew
In the D year of `39 came a Em ship in from the blue the VolunC teers came G home that D day
And they Em bring good Em7 news of a C world so newly born though their G hearts so D heavily G weigh
For the D earth is old and grey, to a B7 new home we'll away but my Em love this cannot Am be
For so G many years have gone though I'm D older but a year
Your mother's C eyes in your D eyes cry to G me   D 
Don't you G hear my call though you're C many years G away don't you hear me calling D you
All the G letters G/F# in the Em sand D cannot C heal me C/B like your Am hand
For my Em life still aD head pity G Me