Far Away in Australia

	  		G				C		G	 
?Sweetheart I?m bidding you fond farewell, 
			D 
I will be yours some day. 
Em		D		C		G 
I?m bound for a new land, my fortune to try 
		D		G 
And I?m ready to sail away?. 
G		D 
?Far away in Australia, 
Em		D	C 
Soon will fate be kind 
Em		D	C		G 
And I will be ready to welcome at last 
		D	G 
The girl I left behind?.

?Oh, you can?t leave me?, this poor maiden said, 
?I will not let you go?. 
?But I most leave you?, he gently replied, 
?if for only a while, you know?. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
?Now whether in success or in failure, 
I will always be true, 
And proudly each day, in that land far away, 
I?ll be building a home to you?. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Daily she waits at the old cottage gate, 
Watching the whole day through, 
Then one day a message from over the sea, 
And I?m hoping these words are true. 
 
(Chorus, with variation:) 
?Far away in Australia, 
Now has come the time 
When I am ready to welcome at last 
The girl I left behind?.  
 
 
J. Chaves Rosa 
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