CYRIL DUNCAN
Hawthorne Qld
Recorded

I'm Going Back (I'm Leaving Australia Today)

I sailed to the west with a school mate of mine
And together we shared the hard toil
It was hard times at home
That caused us to roam
No work for the sons of the sod
So I bade my old father and mother goodbye
And I said I'll not be long away
But ten years have passed
Fortunes have favoured at last
And I'm leaving Australia today

It's ten years since I came to Australia
And I'm going back to my dear old home
Far away over the sea
Back to the scene of my childhood
Where there's a welcome there for me
Many years have passed away
Since I left old England's shore
And may god speed the vessel
That carries me back
To my dear old home once more

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