The Last Farewell Lyrics - Roger Whittaker

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 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, I have loved you dearly 

More dearly than the spoken word can tell 

For you are beautiful, 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 last farewell 

For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly 

More dearly than the spoken word can tell 

For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly 

More dearly than the spoken word can tell 

Though death and darkness gather all about me 

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, I have loved you dearly 

More dearly than the spoken word can tell 

For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly 

More dearly than the spoken word can tell