Sweetheart, I'm bidding you fond farewell
I would be yours some 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've left behind

Oh, you can't leave me this poor maiden said
I would 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've left behind

Now in success or in failure
I will always be true
I'm proud in each day in a land far away
I've been building a home for you

Daily she waits at the old cottage gate
Watching the whole day through
Then one day a message from over the sea
And I'm hoping these words are true

Far away in Australia
Now has come the time
When I am ready to welcome at last
The girl I've left behind