MELBA FROM MELBOURNE
(Marty Robbins)

Hank Snow - 1963
Marty Robbins - 1964



 
Once I got a silly notion
To go out across the ocean
The future for me didn't look too bright
So I signed up with a tanker
Got on board and raised the anchor
Stood and watched the Golden Gate fade out of sight

Nineteen days and nights we travelled
Through stormy seas we battled
Till we landed in Australia far away
Far from friends and San Francisco
And the Miss I thought I'd miss so
Till I stepped ashore in Melbourne that first day

Then I met Melba from Melbourne
She made my heart yearn
She made my tears flow like wine
She let me kiss her
Then made me miss her
'Cause Melba could never be mine

(Instrumental Break)

So in love, but couldn't get her
Cared so much, couldn't forget her
Fell in love just a little bit more and more
There I was just like I started
All alone and broken hearted
I recall the day I left Australia's shore

I was standin' there and tryin'
So hard to keep from cryin'
The more I tried, the more my tears would show
When a soft breeze seem to whisper
It's the end, you better kiss her
So I kissed her, then I turned away to go

Then I left Melba from Melbourne
She made my heart yearn
She made my tears flow like wine
She wouldn't leave there
I couldn't stay there
So Melba could never be mine


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)