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Ab _ _ _ In
Eb the year of 39, a
Fm simple year, the volunteers,
Db in the days
Ab when lands
Eb were few,.
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Fm Hear their ships sail down
Db to the blue and sunny morn,
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sweetest sight
Ab ever seen.
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Eb And the night followed day,
Bb and the
Bbm storytellers say,
Fm the score of brave souls
Bb inside.
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Ab For many a lonely day,
Eb sailed across the milky
Db seas, never back,
Eb never
Ab fear,
Eb never cry.
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Ab Don't you hear my call,
Db though you're many
Ab years away, don't you hear me call.
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Ab Write your letters in the sand,
Db for the
Ab day
Bbm I take your hand,
Ab in the
Db Eb land that I
Ab brand you with me.
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Eb the year of 39,
Fm came a shipping from the blue, the
Db volunteers
Ab came home that
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day.
And
Fm they bring good
Ab news, of
Db a world so newly born, though
Eb their hearts so heavily
Ab.
weigh.
For
Eb the earth is old and grey,
Bb little
Bbm darlin' willow way, but
Fm my love is gonna
Bb.
Bbm be.
Oh,
Ab so many years have gone, though
Eb I'm older, but I hear
Db your father's eyes, from
Ab your eyes, cry
Eb to me.
Don't
Ab you hear my call, though
Db you're many
Ab years away, don't you hear me
Eb callin' you.
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Ab Write your letters
Fm in the sand, for
Db the day
Ab I
Bbm take your hand,
Ab in the land that
Eb I'll
Ab grant you the
Eb new.
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Ab Don't you hear my _
Db call, though you're many
Ab years away, don't you hear me callin'
Eb _ .
_ you.
Ab All your
C letters
Fm in the sand,
Db cannot
Ab heal me
Bbm like your
Fm hand, for my
Eb life's still ahead,
Ab pity me.
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