There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbourTomorrow for old England she sailsFar away from your land of endless sunshineTo my land full of rainy skies and galesAnd I shall be aboard that ship tomorrowThough my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tellFor you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tell
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazingAnd the taste of war I know so very wellEven now I see the foreign flag a-raisingTheir guns on fire as we sail into hellI have no fear of death, it brings no sorrowBut how bitter will be this last farewell
For you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tellFor you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tell
Though death and darkness gather all about meAnd my ship be torn apart upon the seaI shall smell again the fragrance of these islandsIn the heaving waves that brought me once to theeAnd should I return safe home again to EnglandI shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
For you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tellFor you are beautifulAnd I have loved you dearlyMore dearly than the spoken word can tell