[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
In the year of

              
 '39 assembled

  
 here the volu

nteers
             
In the days wh

             
en the lands w

     
ere few
            
Here the ship 

              
sailed out int

       
o the blue and

 sunny morn
        
The sweetest s

          
ight ever seen

             
And the night 

              
followed day, 

        
and the story 

tellers say
            
That the score

              
 brave souls i

  
nside
             
For many a lon

              
ely day sailed

   
 across the mi

lky seas
            
Ne'er looked b

           
ack, never fea

            
red, never cri

   
ed


[Chorus]
             
Don't you hear

              
 my call thoug

             
h you're many 

       
years away
             
Don't you hear

            
 me calling yo

u
             
Write your let

          
ters in the sa

nd
            
For the day I 

         
take your hand
             
In the land th

             
at our grandch

       
ildren knew


[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
             
In the year of

            
 '39 came a sh

ip in from the

 blue
             
The volunteers

             
 came home tha

   
t day
            
And they bring

              
 good news of 

   
a world so new

ly born
             
Though their h

         
earts so heavi

    
ly weigh

             
For the earth 

              
is old and gre

           
y, little darl


ing, we'll awa

y
            
But my love th

           
is cannot be
             
For so many ye

              
ars have gone 

            
though I'm old

er but a year
             
Your mother's 

           
eyes from your

            
 eyes - cry to

    
 me


[Chorus]
             
Don't you hear

              
 my call thoug

             
h you're many 

       
years away
             
Don't you hear

            
 me calling yo

u
             
Write your let

          
ters in the sa

nd
            
For the day I 

         
take your hand
             
In the land th

             
at our grandch

           
ildren knew

             
Don't you hear

              
 my call thoug

             
h you're many 

       
years away
             
Don't you hear

            
 me calling yo

u
             
All your lette

        
rs in the sand
            
Cannot heal me

          
 like your han

d
            
For my life, s

             
till ahead, pi

    
ty me


[Outro]
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