The Last Farewell

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 full of rain, skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears of 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-blazin'
And the taste of war I know so very well
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raisin'
They got some fires 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
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 sea
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
In the evening breeze that brought me once to thee
And should I return once more again to England
I shall watch the English mist grow through the day

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

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 full of rain, skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears of 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

For you are so beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
For you are so beautiful