Bridal Train

A telegram arrived today,
 Well it's time to catch the Monterey
 'Cause the man I wed, he waits for me
 And a daughter that he's yet to see
 US Navy beamed it's message,
 Will deliver brides on a one way passage
 It made big news across the nation
 The bridal train leaves from Perth station
 All the girls around Australia
 Married to a Yankee sailor
 The fare is paid across the sea
 To the home of the brave and the land of the free
 From west to east the young girls came
 All aboard the bridal train
 It was a farewell crossing of her land
 She's gone to meet her sailor man
 No time for sad goodbyes,
 Well she held her mother as she cried
 And then waited there in the Freo Rain,
 To climb aboard the bridal train
 Well she was holding her future in her hand
 Yeah the faded photo of her man
 Catch a sailor if you can
 The war bride leaves a southern land
 All the girls around Australia
 Married to a Yankee Sailor
 The fare is paid across the sea
 To the home of the brave and the land of the free
 From west to east the young girls came
 All aboard the bridal train
 It was a farewell crossing of her land
 She's gone to meet her sailor man
 Now this is the story of those starry nights
 Through desert plains and city lights
 Through burning sun and driving rain
 They wept aboard the bridal train
 All the girls around Australia
 Married to a Yankee sailor
 The fare is paid across the sea
 To the home of the brave and the land of the free
 From west to east the young girls came
 All aboard the bridal train
 It was a farewell crossing of her land
 She's gone to meet her sailor man