X: 1
T: Far Away in Australia (D major)
R: Waltz and Song Air
C: traditional
O: Ireland
N: Chords: | D  | D   | G   | D  | D  | G  | A  | A  |
N:         | G  | F#m | Em  | D  | D  | A  | D  | D  |]
N:         | D  | D   | F#m | A  | D  | A  | Bm | Bm |
N:         | G  | F#m | Em  | D  | D  | A  | D  | D  |]
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=220
M: 3/4
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: D2 F2 A2 | A2 F2 A2 | B2 G2 B2 | A6    | D2 F2 A2 | B4    A2 | E6- | E4 A2 |
N: d2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 c2 | B2 G2 B2 | A4 Bc | d2 A2 B2 | F4    E2 | D6- | D6    |]
N: D4    E2 | F2 A2 B2 | F6       | E6    | d4    d2 | c2 B2 A2 | B6- | B4 Bc |
N: d2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 c2 | B2 A2 B2 | F4 DE | F2 A2 B2 | F4    E2 | D6- | D6    |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
"D" D2 F2 A2 |       A2 F2 A2 | "G"   B2 G2 B2 | "D" A6    |     D2 F2 A2 | "G" B4    A2 | "A"  E6- | E4 A2 |
"G" d2 B2 d2 | "F#m" c2 A2 c2 | "Em"  B2 G2 B2 | "D" A4 Bc |     d2 A2 B2 | "A" F4    E2 | "D"  D6- | D6    |]
"D" D4    E2 |       F2 A2 B2 | "F#m" F6       | "A" E6    | "D" d4    d2 | "A" c2 B2 A2 | "Bm" B6- | B4 Bc |
"G" d2 B2 d2 | "F#m" c2 A2 c2 | "Em"  B2 A2 B2 | "D" F4 DE |     F2 A2 B2 | "A" F4    E2 | "D"  D6- | D6    |]
N:
W: 1. Sweetheart I'm bidding you fond farewell,
W: I will be yours some day.
W: I'm bound for a new land my fortune to try,
W: And I'm ready to sail away.
W: 
W: Chorus:
W: Far away in Australia, soon will fate be kind,
W: And I will be ready to welcome at last the girl I left behind
W: 
W: 2. “Oh, you can't leave me,” this poor maiden said,
W: “I will not let you go.”
W: "But I must leave you,” he gently replied,
W: If for only a while, you know.
W: 
W: 3. “Now in success or in failure,
W: I will always be true,
W: And proudly each day in the land far away
W: I'll be building a home for you.”
W:
W: 4. Daily she waits at the old cottage gate,
W: Watching the whole day through,
W: Then one day a message from over the sea,
W: And I'm hoping these words are true.
N:
N: Instrumental recordings:
D: 2012: John Cronin & Daithí Kearney: Midleton Rare (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2012: Gordon Quinton (guitar): A Guitar's Story (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
N:
N: Song recordings:
D: 1969: Harry Hibbs: More Harry Hibbs at the Caribou Club (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1973: Christie Hennessy: Christie Hennessy (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1978: Schooner Fare: Day of the Clipper (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1987: De Dannan: Ballroom (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1991: The Wolfe Tones: Profile (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1991: The Wolfe Tones: 25th Anniversary (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1997: Frank Quinn: If You Are Irish (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1997: Dolores Keane: The Best of Dolores Keane (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1997: The Wild Irish Lasses: Magic Power (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1998: Sláinte: Live (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1998: Jill Anderson: Cool of the Day (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1999: Dale Russ & Finn Macginty: North Amerikay (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1999: De Dannan: How The West Was Won (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1999: The Merry Ploughboys: Unharnessed (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 1999: The Wolfe Tones: Millennium Celebration Album (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2001: Colm O'Donnell: Heart Strings (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2003: Brian Freeman: A Bottle and a Friend (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2003: Shelley Posen: The Old Songs’ Home (titled 'Far Far Away in Australia')
D: 2006: Potheen Rovers: Hold Your Head Up High (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2006: Tony O'Leary: Pump the Box (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2008: The Rebel Hearts: Unforgotten Legends (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2009: Sean Wilson: Cottage in the Country (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2010: Noel McLoughlin: Best of Ireland - 20 Songs and Tunes (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2010: Dún Aengus: Fortified (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2010: Sean Wilson: You've Become the Dream (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2011: Dartry Céilí Band: The Killavil Post (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2011: Noel McLoughlin: 20 Best Irish Pub Songs (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2011: Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones: Far Away in Australia (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2011: Ryan's Fancy: What a Time - A Forty Year Celebration (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2014: Seán Keane: The Irish Scattering (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2015: George Donaldson: The Road (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2015: Mike O'Laughlin: Ireland by Land and Sea (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2016: Diarmuid MacSuibhne: Aniar (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2016: Stuart Moyles: Westport Town (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2019: Shanty-Chor Bünde: Frei wie der Wind (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2020: Medley: A Drop of Galway (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2020: Shanty Chor Dortmund e.V.: Unter vollen Segeln (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2020: Sarah Underhill: Sarabande - Celtic Wedding Music (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2020: Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones: Far Away in Australia (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2021: Finnegan: The Irish One (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2021: Celtic Way: Celtic Way (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2021: Beeman & Bannon Band, Chrissy Roberts & Gregory McLoughlin: Will Things Get Better (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2022: Jimmy Hynes: Country Collection (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2022: Kathryn Clements: Ireland of My Heart (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2023: Paddy Joe: My Dear Ireland (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2023: David James: The Promise (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2024: The Ross Sisters: Sing (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2025: Maggie Carty: Ebb and Flow (titled 'Far Away in Australia')
D: 2025: Eileen & Eleanor Cronin: Sailing Through (titled 'Far Away in Australia')