Skye Boat Song (Speed Bonnie Boat)
Traditional Scottish Song – very good on the whistle, too! One of the most recognized songs - and yes, tied to the Jacobite days! (Bloody sad days, but they produced so many good songs!) Star Trek Trivia: The first part of the melody was used as the beginning of the whistle tune that Jean Luc Picard played in the episode about the Rekkan Artifact.Chorus:
C G
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing.
Am F C G
Onward the sailors cry!
C G
Carry the lad that’s born to be king.
Am F C
Over the sea to Skye!Am Dm
1. Loud the winds howl, Loud the waves roar,
Am Dm Am
Thunder claps rend the air,
Am Dm
Baffled our foes stand on the shore,
Am Dm Am G7
Follow they will not dare,Am Dm
2. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
Am Dm Am
Ocean's a royal bed;
Am Dm
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Am Dm Am G7
Watch by your weary head. ChorusAm Dm
3. Many's the lad fought on that day,
Am Dm Am
Well the claymore could wield
Am Dm
When the night came, silently lay
Am Dm Am G7
Dead on Culloden's field. ChorusAm Dm
4. Burned are our homes, exile and death
Am Dm Am
Scatter the loyal men;
Am Dm
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath,
Am Dm Am G7
Charlie will come again. Chorus
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