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've 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 gather
all about me
And my ship be
torn apart upon
the seas
I shall smell again
the fragrance of
these islands
And the heaving
waves that brought
me once to thee
And should I return
home safe again
to England
I shall 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