And it's far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The girl that I left behind Sweetheart, this time I must bid you goodbye Murmured the youth one day I'm off to a new land my fortune to try And I'm ready to sail away Oh, must you depart now, this fair one did cry I cannot let you go Oh, yes, I must leave you, he gently replied Just for a while or so And it's far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The girl that I left behind Sadly she waits by the old cottage gate Waiting the whole day through Until a message comes over the wire And she's hoping these words are true Oh, it's been successful and fair, love I will be always true And while I stay in this land far away I'll be building a home for you And it's far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The girl that I left behind And it's far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The girl that I left behind And it's far away in Australia Soon will fate be kind And I will be ready to welcome at last The girl that I left behind