Whittaker roger the last farewell lyrics

There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour

 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

 

 refrain:

 For you are beautiful

 And I have loved you dearly

 More dearly than the spoken word can tell

 (repeat)

 

 I 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

 

 refrain:

 For you are beautiful

 And I have loved you dearly

 More dearly than the spoken word can tell

 (repeat)

 

 Though death and darkness gather all about me

 And my ship be torn apart upon the seas

 I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands

 In the heaving waves that brought me once to thee

 And should I return safe home again to England

 I shall watch the English mist roll through the dell

 

 refrain:

 For you are beautiful

 And I have loved you dearly

 More dearly than the spoken word can tell

 (repeat)