CELTIC LYRICS: Song Lyrics & Sheet Music - Scottish & Irish folk songs
Home · Band · News
Shows · Store · Donations
Free Celtic MP3s · Links
Celtic Lyrics Homepage

A Faire To RememberSkye Boat Song

Listen: LoFi | Download | Email It | Chords
From:
possibly on Real Men Wear Kilts

words and music Sir Harold Boulton, 1884

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,
Thunder clouds rend the air;
Baffled our foe's stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare

Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked 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

Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath,
Charlie will come again.


KEY F (trad Bb)

verse:
Dm Dm Gm Gm
Dm Bb Bb Bb
Dm Dm Gm Gm
Dm Bb Gm C

chorus:
F Dm C C
F Bb F C
F Dm C C
F Bb F F

Background: Skye Boat Song is a beautiful song about the Jacobite Rebellion


Traditional Folk and Celtic Lyrics Homepage | Irish Folk Song Lyrics | Scottish Folk Song Lyrics | English Folk Song Lyrics | Comedy & Filks | Irish Songs & Lyrics Celtic Radio | Make an Online Donation | Subscribe to our Free Newsletter



Copyright 1999-2019 Marc Gunn' Celtic Folk Music
PO Box 4067, Austin, Texas 78765 email us

· Life's A Faire · The Irish Bard · Celtic Weddings: Celtic Wedding Music · Celtic Music CDs · Texas Renaissance Festival and Ren Faires