There the ship lies rigged
Tomorrow for old England she sails
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that
Though my heart is full of tears
and I have loved you dearly,
than the spoken word can tell.
and I have loved you dearly,
than the spoken word can tell.
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
and I have loved you dearly,
than the spoken word can tell.
and I have loved you dearly,
Though death and darkness
And my ship be torn apart upon the sea
I shall smell again the fragrance
That by return home safe again to
And when I get back again
I shall watch the English mist
and I have loved you dearly,
than a spoken word can tell.
and I have loved you dearly,
than the spoken word can tell.