sydney_hoben
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X:1896
T:Back From The Goldfields
T:Sydney Mail Supplement December 19, 1896
C:Music by Sydney Francis Hobden (1866, Balmain - 1943, New Zealand
C:lyrics by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941)
S:National Library of Australia vn3059677
Z:Stephen Hamish Darby
Z:Creative Commons attribution only 4.0 unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
O:Australia
Q:1/4=150
L:1/8
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w: There are|hearts that are sad at the|Christ- mas time for the|boys that are far a-|way For the|lads that have gone to a|dis- tant clime, And|left us a- lone to|
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w: stay. They have|gone to the West, where the|gold- fields are, Far a|way on the de- ssert|track. And with|we- ary hearts we wait, till some|ha- ppy turn of fate. May|
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w: send our * loved ones|back.|Back, call them back from the|far off land; where in|search of * gold they|roam; For it's|hap- pi- er they's be neath the|
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w: old * roof * tree|call our * loved ones|home|Back, call them back from the|far off land where in|search of * gold they|roam For it's|
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w: hap- pi- er they'd be neath the|old * roof * tree|Call our * loved ones|home. There's a|mother * that sits in her|old arm chair, and|mourn's as the days go|
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w: by There's a|moth- er that sits in her|old arm chair and|mourns as the days go|by For her|son is a- way and she|knows not where nor whether *|
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w: he will live or|die But his|moth- er sits a- lone by the|sad hearth stone and|waits till her boy comes|home|Back, call them back from the|
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w: far off land where in|search of * gold they|roam for it's|hap- pi- er they'll be neath the|old roof tree|Call our * loved ones|home|
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w: Back, call them back from the|far off land where in|search of * gold they|roam. For it's|hap- pi- er they'll be neath the|old * roof * tree|Call our * loved ones|
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w: home||||And there's|some may come back with a|gol- den store and it's|wel * come they will|be But there's|
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w: some that we ne- ver shall|wel- come more as we|sit by the Christ mas|tree And our|hearts are a- way to the|far lone land a *|way on the de- sert|
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w: track And *|every * christ mas day we will|lift our hearts and pray to|greet our * loved ones|back|Back, call them back from the|far off land where in|
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w: search of * gold they|roam For it's|hap- pi- er they'll be neath the|old roof tree|Call our * loved ones|home|Back, call them back from the|
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w: far off land where in|search of * gold they|roam For'it's *|hap- pi- er they'll be neath the|old * roof * tree|Call the * loved ones|home|
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