A telegram arrived today It is time to catch the Monteray 'cause' the man I wed' he waits for me And the daughter that he's yet to see The you. S navy beamed its message We'll deliver brides on a one way passage It made big news across the nation The bridal train leaves from perth station Chorus All the girls around Australia Married to a yankee sailor Your fare is paid across the sea To the home of the brave And the land of the free From west to east the young girls came All aboard the bridal train It was a farewell crossing of their land She's gone to meet her sailor man No time for sad good byes She held her mother as she cried Then waited there in the freo rain To climb aboard the bridal train Well she was holding her future in her hand A faded photo of a man Catch a sailor if you can The war bride leaves her southern land Chorus All the girls around Australia Married to a yankee sailor Your fare is paid across the sea To the home of the brave And the land of the free From west to east the young girls came All aboard the bridal train It was a farewell crossing of her land She's gone to meet her sailor man This is the story of those starry nights Through desert plains and city lights Through burning Sun, and driving rain She wept aboard the bridal train Chorus All the girls around Australia Married to a yankee sailor Your fare is paid across the sea To the home of the brave And the land of the free From west to east the young girls came All aboard the bridal train It was a farewell crossing of their land She's gone to meet her sailor man