The Skye Boat Song Folk Song From Scotland
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1The Skye boat song (2)
Folk song from Scotland
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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 a wing!
"On
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ward,"
the sail ors
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cry,
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"car
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ry
the lad
that’s born
to be king
o
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ver
the sea
to
Skye!"
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verse
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1. Loud the winds howl,
loud the waves roar,
thun der
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claps
rend the
air.
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Baf fled,
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our foes
stand on the shore,
fol low,
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they will
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 by your weary head.
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
3. Many's the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield,
When the night came, silently lay dead in Culloden's field.
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
4. Burned are our homes, exile and death scatter the loyal men.
Yet, e‘re the sword cools in its sheath, Charlie will come again!
Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, …
See the song lyrics for an other text version.
See also:
- The Skye boat song (1), 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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