Telegram arrived today
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It's time to catch the Monterey
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Cause the man I wed he waits for me
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And the daughter that he's yet to see
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U.S. navy beamed its message
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will deliver brides on a one way passage
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it made big news across the nation
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the bridal train leaves from Perth station
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All the girls around Australia
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married to a yankee sailor
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your fare is paid across the sea
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to the home of the brave and the land of the free
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from west to east the young girls came
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all aboard the bridal train
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It was a farewell crossing of her land
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she's gone to meet her sailor man
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no time for sad goodbyes
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she held her mother as she cried
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and then waited there in the freo rain
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to climb aboard the bridal train
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well she was holding her future in her hand
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the faded photo of a man
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catch a sailor if you can
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the war bride leaves her southern land
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All the girls around Australia
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married to a yankee sailor
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your fare is paid across the sea
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to the home of the brave and the land of the free
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from west to east the young girls came
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all aboard the bridal train
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it was a farewell crossing of her land
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she's gone to meet her sailor man
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this is the story of the starry nights
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through desert plains and city lights
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through burning sun and driving rain
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she wept aboard the bridal train
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All the girls around Australia
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married to a yankee sailor
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your fare is paid across the sea
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to the home of the brave and the land of the free
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from west to east the young girls came
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all aboard the bridal train
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it was a farewell crossing over land
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she's gone to meet her sailor man
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Bridal Train
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| The Waifs |
