Queen - 39

queen – ’39

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in the year of ’39 . . . . assembled here the volunteers

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in the days when lands were few here the ship sailed out into the

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blue and sunny morn sweetest sight ever seen .

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and night followed day , and the story tellers say

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that the score brave souls inside

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for many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

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ne’er looked back , never feared , never cried .

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don’t you hear my call , though you’re many years away ,

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don’t you hear me calling you

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write your letters in the sand for the day i take your hand

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in the land that our grandchildren knew .

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in the year of ’39 came a ship in from the blue

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the volunteers came home that day

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and they bring good news of a world so newly born

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though their hearts so heavily weigh

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for the earth is old and grey , little darlin’ well away

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but my love this cannot be

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for so many years have gone though i’m older but a year

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your mother’s eyes from your eyes cry to me .

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don’t you hear my call though you’re many years away

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don’t you hear me calling you

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all the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

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for my life
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still ahead
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pity me .

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