Borrheed Bred Anthem

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
Fae Kerr Street I stepped, a young yin wi’ pride,
Wee park adventures, gang huts we’d bide.
Levern Burn whispers, where we ran free,
Chasin’ the days wi’ nae care but glee.

Big Conroy, Craigy, Kifto an’ Scott,
Borrheed lads, the best o’ the lot.
Brian – rest easy, yer name aye stays,
A brother in time, in heart, always.

(Chorus)
Borrheed bred, still standin’ tall,
Guid mates, guid graft – aye, I’ve seen it all.
Fae streets tae steel, fae land tae sea,
The rigs took me, but I’m still me.

(Verse 2)
Paddy, rest in peace, great mate,
Gone but never forgotten, sealed in fate.
Mick an’ Kenny, the crew stood tall,
Back in the day, aye, we’d done it all.

Started weldin’, sparks flew bright,
Montgomery Steel, graftin’ right.
Auldy, my young apprentice there,
A great pal then, a pal tae share.

(Chorus)
Borrheed bred, still standin’ tall,
Guid mates, guid graft – aye, I’ve seen it all.
Fae streets tae steel, fae land tae sea,
The rigs took me, but I’m still me.

(Verse 3)
Babcocks in '96, graftin’ was fine,
Scaffold called in 2003 – that job was mine.
SGB towers, high as ye see,
Workin’ wi’ big bro Stevee.

Paisley, Renfrew, Hamilton stayed,
Now next tae Alloway, where Rabbie was made.
2006, the rigs, the sea,
Floata, Sullom, Orkney tae be.

(Bridge)
Toolbox talks, sweaty graft,
Hard day’s work, nae time tae daft.
Stairs tae climb, aye, plenty there,
Droppers doon, nae place fur fear.

Spanners jingo as the scaffs talk lingo,
Underdeck hangers, patter we share.
Cantilever high as the flare,
Other trades look up, but we don’t care.

(Verse 4)
Ease those fittings wi’ plus gas an’ lubes,
Don’t forget tae rack those 16ft tubes.
Choppers here, foghorns sound,
Scaffin’ high as the North Sea pounds.

Jumpin’ rigs, a hard man’s trade,
Wi’ scaffolders fae every shade.
Liverpool, Middlesbrough, men fae the Toon,
Some guid stories beneath the moon.

(Final Chorus)
Borrheed bred, still standin’ tall,
Guid mates, guid graft – aye, I’ve seen it all.
Fae streets tae steel, fae land tae sea,
The rigs took me, but I’m still me.

(Outro)
Now it’s 2025, lyrics flow,
A new path waits, let’s see where it goes...