Tis A Story That Shall Live For Ever - Stanley Kirkby sings of Robert Falcon Scott
'Tis A Story That Shall Live For Ever
Sung by Stanley Kirkby
In 1910, a team of British explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott set out on an expedition to Antarctica.
This song pays tribute to Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition.
This is a descriptive song with recitation. It was written by Paul Pelham and Lawrence Wright.
What a glorious tale again is told
Of heroism grand,
Of British men with British hearts,
Out in the Great White Land,
A band of heroes, brave and true,
See standing, side by side,
Amidst eternal ice and snow,
All faithful till they died.
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.
'Tis a Fame
What a glorious lesson to be learn'd,
The mem'ry shall remain,
Their great and noble sacrifice
Can never be in vain,
And tho' no sculptured monument
Can mark their resting place,
Their deeds have rais'd a monument
That time cannot efface.
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.
'Tis a Fame
I can see a sturdy little ship,
Breasting the ocean wave,
I can see a little band of men,
Eager, strong and brave,
I can see the Ice-bound coast line,
Of that grim and silent shore,
And then the icy desert,
Where the deadly blizzards roar,
The last farewells are spoken,
For some of them must go,
Into the unknown perils,
Of a wilderness of snow.
And then a blank as months go by,
And who can tell the tale.
Of how that gallant band of men--
Succeeded, but to fail,
Of one who bore up 'till the last,
Then left without "Goodbye!"
Just the words: -- "I'm going out"
Then staggered out -- to die,
No wailing at their cruel fate,
No counting up the cost,
But just the simple message left --
"We took the risk -- and lost!"
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.
Sung by Stanley Kirkby
In 1910, a team of British explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott set out on an expedition to Antarctica.
This song pays tribute to Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition.
This is a descriptive song with recitation. It was written by Paul Pelham and Lawrence Wright.
What a glorious tale again is told
Of heroism grand,
Of British men with British hearts,
Out in the Great White Land,
A band of heroes, brave and true,
See standing, side by side,
Amidst eternal ice and snow,
All faithful till they died.
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.
'Tis a Fame
What a glorious lesson to be learn'd,
The mem'ry shall remain,
Their great and noble sacrifice
Can never be in vain,
And tho' no sculptured monument
Can mark their resting place,
Their deeds have rais'd a monument
That time cannot efface.
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.
'Tis a Fame
I can see a sturdy little ship,
Breasting the ocean wave,
I can see a little band of men,
Eager, strong and brave,
I can see the Ice-bound coast line,
Of that grim and silent shore,
And then the icy desert,
Where the deadly blizzards roar,
The last farewells are spoken,
For some of them must go,
Into the unknown perils,
Of a wilderness of snow.
And then a blank as months go by,
And who can tell the tale.
Of how that gallant band of men--
Succeeded, but to fail,
Of one who bore up 'till the last,
Then left without "Goodbye!"
Just the words: -- "I'm going out"
Then staggered out -- to die,
No wailing at their cruel fate,
No counting up the cost,
But just the simple message left --
"We took the risk -- and lost!"
'Tis a story that shall live for ever,
As long as the world shall be,
Of the men who died side by side,
Over the frozen sea;
All honour to the Sons of England,
Inscribed shall be each name,
In letters bold of brightest gold,
On the Nation's Scroll of Fame.