Beautiful Ancient City of Perth, <br />One of the fairest on the earth, <br />With your stately mansions and scenery most fine, <br />Which seems very beautiful in the summer time; <br />And the beautiful silvery Tay, <br />Rolling smoothly on its way, <br />And glittering like silver in the sunshine - <br />And the Railway Bridge across it is really sublime. <br />The scenery is very beautiful when in full bloom, <br />It far excels the river Doon - <br />For the North Inch and South Inch is most beautiful to behold, <br />Where the buttercups do shine in the sunshine like gold. <br /> <br />And there's the Palace of Scone, most beautiful to be seen, <br />Near by the river Tay and the North Inch so green, <br />Whereon is erected the statue of Prince Albert, late husband of the Queen, <br />And also the statue of Sir Walter Scott is moat beautiful to be seen, <br />Erected on the South Inch, which would please the Queen, <br />And recall to her memory his novels she has read - <br />And came her to feel a pang for him that is dead. <br /> <br />Beautiful City of Perth, along the river Tay, <br />I must conclude ms lay, <br />And to write in praise of thee my heart does not gainsay, <br />To tell the world fearlessly, without the least dismay - <br />With your stately mansions and the beautiful river Tay, <br />You're one of the fairest Cities of the present day.<br /><br />William Topaz McGonagall<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-city-of-perth/
