Dover Lights Lyrics - Singles - The Men They Couldt Hang

Waiting for morning on the ferry boat deck 5 miles out of Calais 

Tired and cold and wet to the skin watching the waves and the spray 

Ten years have gone by like the roll of the tide since I signed for the 

merchant marine 

Now all I want is dry land and a home in a country that I've rarely seen 

Home, hurry home 

To valleys green 

And cliffs so tall and so white 

Home, hurry home 

I can see the lights of Dover through the night 

Teachers of England instructed me well, strength comes from iron and fire 

Freedom was won from the barrel of a gun, law comes from palace and spire 

I carried the wealth of this land 'cross the sea till the ships and the cargoes 

grew slack 

Now many Jack Tar is washed up in a bar and many ships will never come back 

The ship's bar is closed, there's a gang of fifteen talking of flags and of 

blood 

Drunken with fighting the face of John Bull stands for violence, England and God 

Did I dream a dream of a homeland so distantly remembered 

Of warmth, work, welfare, peace for all?