A telegram arrived today,    It is time to catch the Monterey    'Cause the man I wed, he waits for me    And the daughter that he's yet to see       The US Navy beamed its message,    Will deliver brides on a one way passage    It made big news across the nation    The bridal train leaves from Perth station       All the girls around Australia    Married to a Yankee sailor    The 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 over land    She's gone to meet her sailor man       No time for sad goodbyes,    Well she held her mother as she cried    And then waited there in the Freo Rain,    To climb aboard the bridal train       Well she was holding her future in her hand    Yeah the faded photo of a man    Catch a sailor if you can    The war bride leaves her southern land       All the girls around Australia    Married to a Yankee Sailor    The 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       Now 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       All the girls around Australia    Married to a Yankee sailor    The 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 over land    She's gone to meet her sailor man