[00:34.73] In the year of '39 [00:37.57] Assembled here the volunteers [00:39.66] In the days when lands were few [00:44.65] Here the ship sailed out [00:46.83] Into the blue and sunny morn' [00:49.55] The sweetest sight ever seen [00:54.14] And the night followed day [00:56.50] And the storytellers say [00:58.96] That the score brave souls inside [01:03.47] For many a lonely day [01:05.81] Sailed across the milky seas [01:08.28] Never looked back, never feared, never cried [01:13.05] Don't you hear my call? [01:15.51] Though you're many years away [01:17.63] Don't you hear me calling you? [01:22.31] Write your letters in the sand [01:24.77] For the day I take your hand [01:27.09] In the land that our grandchildren knew [01:32.52] [02:02.29] In the year of '39 [02:04.49] Came a ship in from the blue [02:06.82] The volunteers came home that day [02:11.23] And they bring good news [02:13.88] Of a world so newly born [02:16.25] Though their hearts so heavenly weigh [02:20.74] For the earth is old and grey [02:23.30] Little darling went away [02:25.59] But, my love, this cannot be [02:30.02] For so many years have gone [02:32.78] Though I'm older but a year [02:34.96] Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me [02:39.62] Don't you hear my call? [02:42.01] Though you're many years away [02:44.32] Don't you hear me calling you? [02:49.09] Write your letters in the sand [02:51.47] For the day I take your hand [02:53.75] In the land that our grandchildren knew [02:58.74] Don't you hear my call? [03:01.11] Though you're many years away [03:03.45] Don't you hear me calling you? [03:07.90] All your letters in the sand [03:10.48] Cannot heal me like your hand [03:12.86] For my life, still ahead, pity me [03:15.75]