'39
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[00:30.73] In the year of '39
[00:36.83] Assembled here the volunteers
[00:39.22] In the days when lands were few
[00:43.48] Here the ship sailed out
[00:46.13] Into the blue and sunny morn
[00:48.52] The sweetest sight ever seen
[00:53.03] And the night followed day
[00:55.70] And the story tellers say
[00:58.09] That the score brave souls inside
[01:02.35] For many a lonely day
[01:05.29] Sailed across the milky seas
[01:07.66] Ne'er looked back
[01:08.93] Never feared, never cried
[01:11.86] Don't you hear my call
[01:14.51] Though you're many years away?
[01:17.17] Don't you hear me calling you?
[01:21.15] Write your letters in the sand
[01:24.06] For the day I take your hand
[01:26.45] In the land
[01:27.52] That our grandchildren knew
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[01:59.68] In the year of '39
[02:03.93] Came a ship in from the blue
[02:06.05] The volunteers came home that day
[02:10.30] And they bring good news
[02:12.96] Of a world so newly born
[02:15.35] Though their hearts
[02:16.95] So heavily weigh
[02:20.13] For the Earth is old and grey
[02:22.53] Little darling, we'll away
[02:24.91] But my love, this cannot be
[02:29.43] Oh, so many years
[02:31.29] Have gone
[02:32.09] Though I'm older but a year
[02:34.47] Your mother's eyes
[02:35.53] From your eyes, cry to me
[02:38.46] Don't you hear my call
[02:41.13] Though you're many years away?
[02:43.78] Don't you hear me calling you?
[02:48.03] Write your letters
[02:49.36] In the sand for the day
[02:51.47] I take your hand
[02:53.07] In the land
[02:54.67] That our grandchildren knew
[02:57.85] Don't you hear my call
[03:00.24] Though you're many years away?
[03:02.36] Don't you hear me calling you?
[03:06.61] All your letters in the sand
[03:09.81] Cannot heal me like your hand
[03:11.93] For my life
[03:13.53] Still ahead
[03:14.31] Pity me
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