More dearly than the spoken word can tell
And the taste of war I know so very well
And my ship be torn apart upon the seas
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
But how bitter will be this last farewell
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow
And should I return home safe again to England
Though death and darkness gather all about me
Their guns on fire as we sail into Hell
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
