I have been out gigging, Jim, has dug himself a hole, he will soon be through to Australia. Jim please take note of the first verse of this next song. Sweetheart, I'm bidding you fond farewell I would be yours some day I'm bound for a new land, my fortune to try And I'm ready to sail away Far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The person I've left behind Oh, you can't leave me Jim Boy replied I would not let you go But I must leave you, he gently replied If for only a while, you know Far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The person I've left behind Now it's success or a failure I will always be true I'm proud in each day in a land far away I've been choosing a home for you Daily he waits at the old cottage gate Watching the whole day through Then one day a message from over the sea And I'm hoping these words are true Far away in Australia Now us called the time When I am ready to welcome at last The person I've left behind
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