Skye Boat Song
Words: Harold Boulton. Tune: Traditional


[chorus]
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C         Am/E       Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
Over the sea to Skye.
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Am                   Dm                   
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Am           F        Am
Thunderclaps rend the air
Am               Dm                  
Baffled our foes stand by the shore
Am          F        Am    G7
Follow they will not dare.


[chorus]
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C         Am/E       Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
Over the sea to Skye.
[]


Am             Dm
Many's the lad fought on that day
Am           F          Am
Well the claymore could wield
Am                  Dm
When the night came silently lay
Am      F          Am    G7
Dead in Culloden's field


[chorus]
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C         Am/E       Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
Over the sea to Skye.
[]

 
Am                     Dm                   
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, 
Am        F     Am
Ocean`s a royal bed.
Am                  Dm              
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep 
Am              F     Am     G7
Watch o'er your weary head.    
 

[chorus]
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C         Am/E       Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
Over the sea to Skye.
[]


Am                    Dm               
Burned are our homes, exile and death, 
Am          F     Am
Scatter the loyal men.
Am                   Dm                  
Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, 
Am           F      Am   G7
Charlie will come again.
 

[chorus]
C             Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C             F       C    G7
"Onward!" the sailors cry.
C         Am/E       Dm7        G7
Carry the lad that`s born to be King
C        F        C
Over the sea to Skye.
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