As requested, the lyrics to "Pride of the Panmure Yard":


The Pride of the Panmure Yard
^^ (Stewart Brown)


"Build us a ship", said the men from the south
"A ship we can trust with a crew
In seas of ice, that grip like a vise
And winds that cut a man through"
So the Dundee lads talked to the ships
That sail where whalefish blow
That were built in the time of the oak and the pine
Like the bear and the Eskimo


(chorus:)
So, here's to the lads, the Lads of the Tay
Who built the ships that dared
Here's to Scott's "Discovery"
The pride of the Panmure Yard


For two long years the banks of the Tay
Echoed to the shipwright's din
Till down the slip ran a special ship
With years of skill in her trim
Oaken beams and pine for the mast
A steel-clad deck and bow
The captain bold his fate foretold
"She'll outlast us all, I vow"


(chorus)


Scott steer'd her south to Antactic seas
Down past the whaling grounds
As he strove for his goal, finding routes to the Pole
She froze in McMurdo's Sound
Two whole winters long she lay
In the grip of a stone hard sea
When a rescue failed, the Nova sailed
From Leith to set him free


(chorus)


The Polar heroes' names live on
When bards, their stories tell
Wilson, Bowers, Evans, Oates
And gallant Scott himself
On history's page, they take their place
Yet they all would surely say
"Make our shrine that vessel fine
The ship that led the way"


(chorus)