There's a ship lies
rigged and ready
in the harbour
Tomorrow for
old England
she sails
Far away from your land
of endless sunshine
To my land full of
rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard
that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is
full of tears
at this farewell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
I heard there's
a wicked war a-blazing
And the taste of war
I know so very well
Even now I see
the foreign flag
a-raising
Their guns on fire
as we sail into hell
I have no fear of death
it brings no sorrow
But how bitter
will be this
the last farewell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
Though death
and darkness
scatter all about me
And my ship be
torn apart
upon the sea
I shall smell again
the fragrance
of these islands
And the heaving waves
that brought me
once to thee
And shall I return
safe home again
to England
And watch the
English mist
roll through the dale
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly
more dearly than the
spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful
and I have
loved you dearly