The Last Farewell Song Lyrics and Chords by Roy Drusky
The Last Farewell
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Ronald Arthur Webster and Roger Whittaker
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There's a ship lies rigged and
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ready in the
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harbor
Tomorrow for old England she
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sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of
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rainy skies and
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gales
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I shall be
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aboard that ship
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tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this
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farewell
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For
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you are
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beauti
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ful
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I have loved you
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dearly
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dearly than the
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spoken word can
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tell
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For
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you are
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ful
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I have loved you
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dearly
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dearly than the
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spoken word can
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tell
I've heard that there's a
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wicked war a-
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blazing
And the taste of war I know so very
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well
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising
Their guns on fire
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as we sail into
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hell
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have no fear of
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death it brings no
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sorrow
But how bitter will be this last
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farewell
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Though death and darkness
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gather all a
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round
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And my ship be torn apart upon the
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seas
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
That I return home
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safe again to
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ye
And when
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I get back
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again to good old
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England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the
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dale
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repeat #2
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Last Farewell?
- The song The Last Farewell was sang by Roy Drusky.
Who is Roy Drusky?
- Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930 - September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being the first artist to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson ("Jody and the Kid"). His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes, Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.
