When the luggers all sailed away
From Roebuck Bay on that fateful day
The diver on the B 19 was Nakamura
Not yet twenty-one
From the Land of the Rising Sun
His homeland was the island Okinawa.

In the deepest holes of the Lacepede Shoals
To fulfill the pearling master's goals
Went the diver from the B 19, Nakamura
His quest for the lustrous pearl
As strong as his love for the beautiful girl
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.

Chorus:
But it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye to Okinawa
For today we'll bury you
In West Australia
You will never be as one
With the Land of the Rising Sun
Sayonara. Sayonara Nakamura.

From the West came a tropical squall
And the mercury began to fall
Forty fathoms deep was Nakamura
"Set sail"- no time to stage
For the storm began to rage
And they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.

The agony's in his eyes
An old Malayman cries
He knows that the bends have got young Nakamura
Helplessly they cursed
As the diver's lungs near burst
And he died on the deck the boy from Okinawa.

Chorus

To the diver's cemetery at Broome
Bearing gifts all deep in gloom
They walked with the body of the diver, Nakamura
Headstones face the west
A thousand divers lie at rest
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.

Chorus
And it's Goodbye now, farewell.

Ted Egan

Lend me your body tonight, my bluewater lady
This salty wind is gettin' to my bones
These lugger sails, are moving too slowly
For this saltwater cowboy sailin' home

This old copper hat is achin' my shoulders
These lead weight boots don't need any spurs
To ride these waves, and bareback mermaids
Oh this saltwater country is my home

Chorus:
Stand back you shallow water men
Let a deep sea diver through

When you take this precious pearl
Think of that sunny day
When you were here in summer time
Dont' forget you came this way.

Broome and pearls they say
That time, day time, my time
Remember you were mine
Thoughts of you remain
Will always be the same
Broome and pearls they say

As pearls are in the sea
You will belong to me
As the sea and sky stay blue
I hope that you are true

Broome and Pearls they say

Seasons come and go
But I'm still the same you know
Waiting I will be
Like the jewel of the sea

Broome and Pearls they say
Broome and Pearls they say