John Holt - The Last Farewell

There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour
Tomorrow for ol' 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 for this farewell

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words can tell
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words 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
They got some fire they're sailing into hell
I have no fear of trouble, it brings me no sorrow
But bitter will be the last farewell be

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words can tell
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words can tell

Though trouble and darkness gather about me
And my ship be torn apart in the sea
I shall smell again the fragrance of this islands
In the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
And should I return once more again to England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words can tell
Oh baby, yeah
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken words can tell

Note:

This song is a cover released in 1978. It was originally recorded by folk singer Roger Whittaker and was first released in 1971.

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