Take Me Back To Bendigo

TAKE ME BACK TO BENDIGO
music Bert Rache
lyrics Alan Rattray
National Library of Australia
MUS N mba 784.506 R237
One day in a far off distant land
I thought of my dear old home
where the bright sun shines
o'er the deep gold mines
far across the ocean's foam
I pictured the face of mother dear
that beamed with a love untold
and longed for the day
I could sail right away
back to the land of gold
Take me back
oh won't you take me back
back once again to bendigo
where the men are digging
up the golden ground
in the land that I love so
and won't we have a time
yes, we'll have a happy time
with the dear old pals I know
tinkle tinkle tinkle ting
You can hear the shovels ring
oh take me back to Bendigo
I still can recall that old homestead
scene of my childhood joys
where the romp and play
'mong the new mown hay
how I miss those girls and boys
and now as I brush sad tears away
my heart fills with a longing pain
and fondly I yearn
for the day I'll return
back to the land of gain