G5                        C5            G5       
?Sweetheart I?m bidding you fond farewell, 
                  D5 
I will be yours some day. 
E5            D5            C5            G5 
I?m bound for a new land, my fortune to try 
            D5            G5 
And I?m ready to sail away?. 
G5            D5 
?Far away in Australia, 
E5            D5      C5 
Soon will fate be kind 
E5            D5      C5            G5 
And I will be ready to welcome at last 
            D5      G5 
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