In the year of thirty-nine
  Assembled here the volunteers
  In the days when lands were few
  Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
  The sweetest sight ever seen
  And the night followed day
  And the story tellers say
  That the score brave souls inside
  For many a lonely day
  Sailed across the milky seas
  Never looked back never feared never cried
    Chorus:
    Don't you hear my call
  Though you're many years away
  Don't you hear me calling you
  Write your letters in the sand
  For the day I'll take your hand
  In the land that our grand-children knew
    In the year of thirty-nine
  Came a ship from the blue
  The volunteers came home that day
  And they bring good news
  Of a world so newly born
  Though their hearts so heavily weigh
  For the earth is old and grey
  Little darlin' we'll away
  But my love this cannot be
  Oh so many years have gone
  Though I'm older than a year
  Your mothers eyes from your eyes cry to me
    Repeat chorus
    Don't you hear my call
  Though you're many years away
  Don't you hear me calling you
  All your letters in the sand
  Cannot heal me like your hand
  For my life still ahead pity me