[00:35.49]In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers[00:39.80]In the days when lands were few[00:44.50]Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn[00:49.50]The sweetest sight ever seen[00:54.10]And the night followed day[00:56.56]And the story tellers say[00:58.90]That the score brave souls inside[01:03.90]For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas[01:08.14]Never looked back, never feared, never cried[01:13.12]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away[01:17.85]Don't you hear me calling you[01:22.41]Write your letters in the sand[01:24.65]For the day I take your hand[01:27.03]In the land that our grandchildren knew[02:02.08]In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue[02:06.43]The volunteers came home that day[02:11.40]And they bring good news of a world so newly born[02:15.80]Though their hearts so heavily weigh[02:20.65]For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away[02:25.32]But my love this cannot be[02:29.97]For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year[02:34.42]Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me[02:39.44]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away[02:44.08]Don't you hear me calling you[02:48.69]Write your letters in the sand[02:51.03]For the day I take your hand[02:53.46]In the land that our grandchildren knew[02:58.26]Don't you hear my call though you're many years away[03:02.78]Don't you hear me calling you[03:07.57]All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand[03:12.23]For my life[03:13.60]Still ahead[03:14.84]Pity Me