In the year of '39 
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 storytellers say 
That the score brave souls inside 
For many a lonely day 
Sailed across the milky seas 
Never looked back, never feared, never cried

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 take your hand 
In the land that our grandchildren knew

In the year of '39 
Came a ship in 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 darling will away
But my love this cannot be 
Oh, so many years have gone 
Though I'm older than a year 
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me

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 grandchildren knew

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