<i>Intro:</i> In the year of '39 Assembled here the volunteers - - - In the days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out Into the blue and sunny morn ( ? ) Sweetest sight ever seen And night followed day And the story tellers say c - b - That the score brave souls in - side For many a lonely day Sailed a - cross the milky seas / / Never looked back / / Never feared / / Never cried Chorus: Don't you hear my call Though you're many years a - way Don't you hear me calling you Write your letters in the sand For the day I take your hand g a In the land that our grandchildren knew Break: aahahahahah aah aahahahahahah aahahahahah aahahah aah aah aahahahahah - - Bb- - - aaah In the year of '39 Came a ship in from the blue - - - The Volun - teers came home that day And they bring good news Of a world so newly born - Though their hearts so heavily weigh For the earth is old and grey To a new home we'll away c - b - But my love this can - not be For so many years have gone Though I'm older but a year / / Your mother's eyes / / In your eyes / / Cry to me Chorus: Don't you hear my call Though you're many years a - way Don't you hear me calling you Write your letters in the sand For the day I take your hand g a In the land that our grandchildren knew Outro: Don't you hear my call Though you're many years a - way Don't you hear me calling you All the letters in the sand Cannot heal me like your hand For my life / Still a - head / Pity Me e|---3-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---0-------3-3-3// B|---3-------3-/-(0)---0------1/-0---0---3-------3-1-0// G|---0-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---2-0-----0-0-0// D|---0-----0(0)/--2-2h4p2p0---2/-2---2---0---4---0-2-0// A|-2-2-2h3-----/--2---------3-3/---3---3---------2-3-2// E|------------/0------------/------------3-3---3// 320033 xx0232 022000 x32010 x32000 xx0230 xx0233 020030 022030 x32033 x21212 222000 322000 c x3xxxx b x2xxxx 221202 x22010 g 3xxxxx a x0xxxx x20033 xx1343 X6888x x35543 244222 x02210 x13331 x13341 original on 12 string