There the 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
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Oh, you are beautiful
I heard that there's a place
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
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Oh, death and darkness gather all around me
And my ship be torn apart upon the sea
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
That by return home safe again to me
And when I get back again to good old England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dell
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Oh, you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
More dearly than the spoken word can tell