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Skye Boat Song
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GlasgowBliss - Acoustic Celtic and American Folk
Christopher Bliss - Irish banjo, guitar, mandolin Donna Jean Glasgow - Hammered dulcimer, Irish flute, pennywhistle, vocals Jess Westover - Guitar Jennifer Lindsey - Vocals Jon Westover - Violin, vocals Alan Daniel - Vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #191
Peak in subgenre #42
Author
Public Domain
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October 13, 2004
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MP3 4.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This is a traditional Scottish song about Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape, with the assistance of Flora MacDonald and a boat, to the Isle of Skye after the devasting battle on Culloden's Field that left his Army decimated.
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Chorus: 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, thunderclouds rend the air. Baffled, our foes stand on the shore, follow they will not dare. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean’s a royal bed. Rock’d 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. Burn’d are our homes, exile and death. Scatter the loyal men. Yet, e’er the sword cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again.
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