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