Lyrics:

Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell
I'll marry you one day
I'm bound for a new land my fortune to try
And I'm ready to sail away
Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
"Oh you can't leave me," the fair maiden said
"I will not let you go"
"But I must leave you," he gently replied
"If for only a while you know"
Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
Now if in success or in failure
I will always be true
And proudly staying in a land far away
I'll be building a home for you
Far away in Australia
Soon will fate be kind
And I will be ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind
Oh daily she waits at the old cottage gate
Watching the whole day through
Till one day a message from over the sea
And I'm hoping before that too
Far away in Australia
Now has come the time
And I am ready to welcome at last
The girl I left behind