Lyrics:

Sweetheart I'm bidding you a fond farewell
Murmured the youth one day
I'm off to a new land my fortune to to try
And I'm ready to sail away

Far away in Australia, soon will faith be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind

Must we be parted this fair maid cried
I cannot let you go
Still I must leave you,the young man replied
But for only a while you know

Far away in Australia, soon will faith be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind

Wheather it's success or failure
I will always be true
Proudly each day in a land far away
I'll be building a home for you

Far away in Australia, soon will faith be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind

Daily she waits at the old cottage gates
Watching the whole day through
Till a sweet message comes over the waves
In a new world to join two

Far away in Australia, soon will faith be kind
And I will be ready to welcome the lass
The girl I left behind