'39 Lyrics - Singles - Pretty Maids

Written by Brian May 

In the year of 39 assembled here the Volunteers 

In the days when lands were few 

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn 

The sweetest sight ever seen 

And the night followed day 

And the story tellers say 

That the score brave souls inside 

For many a lonely day sailed acloss the milky seas 

Neeer looked back, never feared, never cried 

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away 

Don't you hear me calling you 

Write your letter in the sand 

For the day I take your hand 

In the land that our grandchildren knew 

In the year of 39 came a ship in from the blue 

The volunteers came home that day 

And they bring good news of a world so newly born 

Though thier hearts so heavily weigh 

For the earth is old and grey 

To a new home we'll away 

But my love this cannot be 

For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year 

Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me 

Chorus 

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away 

Don't you hear me calling you 

All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand 

For my life 

Still ahead 

Pity me