Skye Boat Song Words: Harold Boulton. Tune: Traditional [chorus] [C]Speed, bonnie [Am/E]boat, like a [Dm7]bird on the [G7]wing, [C]"Onward!" the [F]sailors [C]cry. [G7] [C]Carry the [Am/E]lad that`s [Dm7]born to be [G7]King [C]Over the [F]sea to Sk[C]ye. [] [Am]Loud the winds howl, [Dm]loud the waves roar [Am]Thunderclaps [F]rend the [Am]air [Am]Baffled our foes [Dm]stand by the shore [Am]Follow they [F]will not [Am]dare. [G7] [chorus] [C]Speed, bonnie [Am/E]boat, like a [Dm7]bird on the [G7]wing, [C]"Onward!" the [F]sailors [C]cry. [G7] [C]Carry the [Am/E]lad that`s [Dm7]born to be [G7]King [C]Over the [F]sea to Sk[C]ye. [] [Am]Many's the lad [Dm]fought on that day [Am]Well the clay[F]more could [Am]wield [Am]When the night came [Dm]silently lay [Am]Dead in [F]Culloden's [Am]field [G7] [chorus] [C]Speed, bonnie [Am/E]boat, like a [Dm7]bird on the [G7]wing, [C]"Onward!" the [F]sailors [C]cry. [G7] [C]Carry the [Am/E]lad that`s [Dm7]born to be [G7]King [C]Over the [F]sea to Sk[C]ye. [] [Am]Though the waves leap, [Dm]soft shall ye sleep, [Am]Ocean`s a [F]royal [Am]bed. [Am]Rocked in the deep, [Dm]Flora will keep [Am]Watch o'er your [F]weary [Am]head. [G7] [chorus] [C]Speed, bonnie [Am/E]boat, like a [Dm7]bird on the [G7]wing, [C]"Onward!" the [F]sailors [C]cry. [G7] [C]Carry the [Am/E]lad that`s [Dm7]born to be [G7]King [C]Over the [F]sea to Sk[C]ye. [] [Am]Burned are our homes, [Dm]exile and death, [Am]Scatter the [F]loyal [Am]men. [Am]Yet, o`er the sword, [Dm]cool in the sheath, [Am]Charlie will [F]come ag[Am]ain. [G7] [chorus] [C]Speed, bonnie [Am/E]boat, like a [Dm7]bird on the [G7]wing, [C]"Onward!" the [F]sailors [C]cry. [G7] [C]Carry the [Am/E]lad that`s [Dm7]born to be [G7]King [C]Over the [F]sea to Sk[C]ye. []