[00:35.50] In the year of '39 [00:37.59] Assembled here the volunteers [00:40.06] In the days when lands were few [00:44.76] Here the ship sailed out [00:46.24] Into the blue and sunny morn' [00:49.85] The sweetest sight ever seen [00:54.54] And the night followed day [00:56.63] And the storytellers say [00:58.97] That the score brave souls inside [01:03.58] For many a lonely day [01:05.81] Sailed across the milky seas [01:08.15] Never looked back, never feared, never cried [01:12.80] Don't you hear my call? [01:15.67] Though you're many years away [01:17.77] Don't you hear me calling you? [01:22.67] Write your letters in the sand [01:24.67] For the day I take your hand [01:27.23] In the land that our grandchildren knew [01:32.66] [02:03.31] In the year of '39 [02:05.14] Came a ship in from the blue [02:07.40] The volunteers came home that day [02:12.63] And they bring good news [02:14.64] Of a world so newly born [02:16.94] Though their hearts so heavenly weigh [02:21.35] For the earth is old and grey [02:23.91] Little darling went away [02:26.27] But, my love, this cannot be [02:30.38] For so many years have gone [02:33.16] Though I'm older but a year [02:35.60] Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me [02:39.68] Don't you hear my call? [02:42.25] Though you're many years away [02:44.59] Don't you hear me calling you? [02:49.65] Write your letters in the sand [02:52.02] For the day I take your hand [02:54.33] In the land that our grandchildren knew [02:59.28] Don't you hear my call? [03:01.77] Though you're many years away [03:03.84] Don't you hear me calling you? [03:08.27] All your letters in the sand [03:10.76] Cannot heal me like your hand [03:13.14] For my life, still ahead, pity me [03:16.03]