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.
[]