Far away in Australia

Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell
I will be yours someday.
I'm bound for a new land, my fortune to try
And I'm ready to sail away.

Chorus.
Far away in Australia,
soon will fate be kind,
And I will be ready to welcome at last
the girl I left behind.

'Oh you can't leave me', this poor maiden said.
'I will not let you go.'
'But I must leave you' he gently replied
'If for only a while, you know'.

Chorus.

'Not if in success or in failure
I will always be true.
And proudly each day in the land far away
I'll be building a home for you'.

Chorus.

Daily she waits at the old cottage gate,
Watching the whole day tru.
Then one day a message from over the sea
And I'm hoping these words are true.

Chorus.
Far away in Australia,
now has come the time
When I am ready to welcome at last
the girl I left behind.