'39 - 2011 Mix

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
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 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 heavenly weigh
 For the Earth is old and grey
 Little darling went away
 But, my love, this cannot be
 For so many years have gone
 Though I'm older, but 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 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