In nineteen hundred and eleven two men had the same ambitious goal
To be the first man to reach the south pole
Roald Amundsen set out south on October 18th
Captain Robert Falcon Scott left three weeks later
A race was on!
South, south, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
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South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
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On December fourteenth nineteen hundred and eleven
Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the south pole
33 days later, Scott and his exhausted men had to declare their defeat
Facing a torturous, unforgiving return journey
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South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
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Scott's diary ends on March twenty-nineth nineteen hundred and twelve
(Last entry for God's sake and after our people
These rough note and our dead bodies must tell our tale)
Completely exhausted, he died as the last of his group
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the pole!
South, South, South, that's our goal
South, south, to reach the
Until we reach the
Until we reach the
South!