The Last Farewell - Lyrics - Roger Whittaker

The Last Farewell is a 1971 song performed by the British - Kenyan folk singer Roger Whittaker. It was written by Ron Webster and Roger Whittaker and was featured in his 1971 album New World in the Morning. It was reissued in 1975 and then peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult contemporary charts......." and I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell "

The Last Farewell

There's a 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 on board that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

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

I heard there's a wicked war or 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 sailed into hell
I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow
But how bitter will be this last farewell

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

Though death and darkness gather all about me
And my ship be torn apart upon the sea
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

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