This piece was written specifically for use at “jam sessions” which are (or once were) common in the Yarra Valley. The structure is simple and most musicians grasp at once what is happening.
Lyrics:
on a secret morn in the hours before dawn
he slips to the dock with a silent song
then sets off to sail through the dawn's first light
she waits alone in the shadows of the pines
with all of the patience a young heart can find
watching the waves for that sail to come in sight
some would think they are made for each other
for they are closer than sister and brother
but nothing will happen if it's not in love's plan
still, he might speak no english, she, no Japanese
yet they see each other and both believe
there can be no doubt - they'll understand, they sing the
the song, the song of love
the song, the song of love
they sing the song, the song of love
the song, the song of love
you can sit him on her left, sit her on his right
put them together in the pale moonlight
but that don't mean anything is going to start
yet he might live in New York and she in Hong Kong
and if in his arms is where she belongs
then nothing in heaven or earth will keep them apart, that's the
