When the luggers all sailed away
From Roebuck Bay
On that fateful day
The diver on the B-19 was Nakamura
Not yet twenty-one
From the land of the rising sun
His homeland was the island Okinawa
In the deepest halls of the () shoals
To fulfil the pearling master's goals
Went the diver from the B-19, young Nakamura
His quest for the lustrous pearl
As strong as his love for the beautiful girl
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa
But it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye to Okinawa
For today, they'll bury you in West Australia
You will never be as one
With the land of the rising sun
Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura
From the west came a tropical squall
And the mercury began to fall
Forty fathoms deep was Nakamura
Set sail, no time to stage
For the storm began to rage
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa
The agony's in his eyes
An old Malay man cries
He knows that the bends have got young Nakamura
Helplessly they cursed
As the diver's lungs near burst
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa
And it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye to Okinawa
For today they'll bury you in West Australia
You will never be as one
With the land of the rising sun
Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura
To the diver's cemetery at Broome
Bearing gifts, all deep in gloom
They walked with the body of the diver Nakamura
Headstones face the west
A thousand divers lie at rest
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa
And it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye to Okinawa
For today they'll bury you in West Australia
You will never be as one
With the land of the rising sun
Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura
And it's goodbye now, farewell
さよなら 沖縄 (Sayonara Okinawa)
君が眠るちにし Australia (Kimi ga nemuru chi nishi Australia)
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さよなら、さよなら、中村 (Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura)
さよなら、中村 (Sayonara, Nakamura)