There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land that´s 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.
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 (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 last farewell
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 (these
islands)
And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
(whoa-whoa-whoa)
And should I return safe home 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 too dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell.