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Far Away in Australia

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Verse 1:        Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell murmured a youth one day
                          Em       D                  C            G                              D       G   
                     I'm off to a new land my fortune to try   and I'm ready to sail away

                     G                 Em    D G           D         C
Chorus:         Far away in Australia soon will fate be kind
                            Em         D          C                 Em        G    D        G
                     And I will be ready to welcome the lass the girl I left behind

Verse 2:        Must we be parted? His fairer one cried, I cannot let you go
                     Still I must leave you, the young man replied, but for only a while you know

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Verse 3:        Whether in success or failure I will always be true
                     Proudly each day in that land far away I'll be building a home for you

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Verse 4:        Daily she waits at the old cottage gate, watching the whole day through
                     Till that sweet message comes over the wave, and in the new world they're joined as two

Chorus:         Far away in Australia now has fate been kind
                    And I am ready to welcome at last the girl I left behind