Waifs - Bridal Train lyrics
rate meA telegram arrived today, <br />
Well it's time to catch the Monterey <br />
'Cause the man I wed, he waits for me <br />
And a daughter that he's yet to see <br />
<br />
US Navy beamed it's message, <br />
Will deliver brides on a one way passage <br />
It made big news across the nation <br />
The bridal train leaves from Perth station <br />
<br />
All the girls around Australia <br />
Married to a Yankee sailor <br />
The fare is paid across the sea <br />
To the home of the brave and the land of the free <br />
<br />
From west to east the young girls came <br />
All aboard the bridal train <br />
It was a farewell crossing of her land <br />
She's gone to meet her sailor man <br />
<br />
No time for sad goodbyes, <br />
Well she held her mother as she cried <br />
And then waited there in the Freo Rain, <br />
To climb aboard the bridal train <br />
<br />
Well she was holding her future in her hand <br />
Yeah the faded photo of her man <br />
Catch a sailor if you can <br />
The war bride leaves a southern land <br />
<br />
All the girls around Australia <br />
Married to a Yankee Sailor <br />
The fare is paid across the sea <br />
To the home of the brave and the land of the free <br />
<br />
From west to east the young girls came <br />
All aboard the bridal train <br />
It was a farewell crossing of her land <br />
She's gone to meet her sailor man <br />
<br />
Now this is the story of those starry nights <br />
Through desert plains and city lights <br />
Through burning sun and driving rain <br />
They wept aboard the bridal train <br />
<br />
All the girls around Australia <br />
Married to a Yankee sailor <br />
The fare is paid across the sea <br />
To the home of the brave and the land of the free <br />
<br />
From west to east the young girls came <br />
All aboard the bridal train <br />
It was a farewell crossing of her land <br />
She's gone to meet her sailor man
