G                        C            G       
?Sweetheart I?m bidding you fond farewell, 
                  D 
I will be yours some day. 
Em            D            C            G 
I?m bound for a new land, my fortune to try 
            D            G 
And I?m ready to sail away?. 
G            D 
?Far away in Australia, 
Em            D      C 
Soon will fate be kind 
Em            D      C            G 
And I will be ready to welcome at last 
            D      G 
The girl I left behind?. 

?Oh, you can?t leave me?, this poor maiden said, 

?I will not let you go?. 

?But I most leave you?, he gently replied, 

?if for only a while, you know?. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
?Now whether in success or in failure, 

I will always be true, 

And proudly each day, in that land far away, 

I?ll be building a home to you?. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Daily she 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. 
 
(Chorus, with variation:) 

?Far away in Australia, 

Now has come the time 

When I am ready to welcome at last 

The girl I left behind?.  
 
J. Chaves Rosa 
jchavesrosa@hotmail.com