The Skye Boat Song - Folk Song From Scotland
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1The Skye boat song (1)
Folk song from Scotland
t. Sir Harold Boulton (1859-1935)
m. Annie MacLeod (1855-1921)
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Speed,
bon nie
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boat, like a bird
on the wing!
"On
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ward,"
the sail
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"car
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ry
the bairn that’s born
to be king
o
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ver
the sea
to
Skye!"
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1. Loud
the winds cry,
loud
the waves roar,
thun
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clouds
fill
the
air.
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Baf
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fled,
our foes
stand
by the shore;
fol
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low,
they do
not
dare!
2. Though the waves leap, so soft shall ye sleep, ocean's a royal bed.
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch o‘er your weary head.
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
3. Many's the bairn, fought on that day, well the claymore did wield,
When the night came, silently laid dead in Coulodons field.
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
4. Burned are their homes, exile and death scatter the loyal men.
Yet, e’re the sword cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again!
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
See the song lyrics for an other text version.
See also:
- The Skye boat song (2), one voice.
- Loch Lomond, one voice,
- My Bonnie is over the ocean (1), one voice,
- My Bonnie is over the ocean (2), two voices,
- Charlie is my darling, three voices.
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