The Skye Boat Song (feat. Des O’Connor)
Roger Whittaker * Track #11 On Greatest Hits (artist: Roger Whittaker)
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The Skye Boat Song (feat. Des O'Connor) by Roger Whittaker
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The “Skye Boat Song” is a Scottish folk song, which can be played as a waltz, which recalls the story of the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
The Skye Boat Song (feat. Des O’Connor) Lyrics
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Thunder clouds rend the air;
Baffled our foe's stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head
Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field
Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again