Song Lyrics Nana MOUSKOURI - The Skye Boat Song    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive]
lyrics archive>> N>> Nana MOUSKOURI Singer Lyrics [Nana MOUSKOURI other resources]>> The Skye Boat Song Song Lyrics


Author/Artist/Singer: Nana MOUSKOURI
Music Title/Track: The Skye Boat Song
Theme ID: 1335
Album: N/A


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.



*note:This song commemorates the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from these

shores when Flora MacDonald took him, disguised as a serving maid,

from Uist to Skye in a small boat.

Flora is buried at Kilmuir on the north coast of Skye. Prince Charlie

near Rome where he was born.

Words by Sir Harold Boulton, Bart., 1884. Music by Annie

MacLeod.


Related Lyrics
Random lyrics: This Love Of Mine, Till All the Rivers Run Dry, Till There Was You, TIME AFTER TIME, Time in a Bottle, Tiny Sparrow, To Be The One You Love, To Me, Tomorrow Is a Long Time, Tourne autour de moi, Tous les arbres sont en fleurs(FR), Toute La Nuit, Try To Remember, Turn on the Sun, Una Furtiva Lagrima, Unite, Vaya Con Dios, Voi Che Sapete, Voici le Mois de May, Waarheen Waarvoor, Waiting, Waltzing In The Clouds, O Waly Waly, Wedding Song (There is Love), Weil Der Sommer Ein Winter War, What Now My Love, When I Dream, When Love Comes Calling, Where Do I Begin, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, White Rose of Athens, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, Why Worry?, Wildwood Flower, Witte Bloesem En Jasmijn, Y Mientras Tanto Amandote, Yesterday, Yolanda, You Forgot All The Words, Your Heart Is Free, Your Love My Love, WEISSE ROSEN AUS ATHEN, Arlequin, Bala Certera, Chispoy, Del Otro Lado De La Linea (Pinocchio), Dia De Muertos, Eso Q Tu, EVA, Fuera De Control,
Other Nana MOUSKOURI song Lyrics
A Day In The Life Of A Fool Lyrics
A Foggy Day Lyrics
A force de prier(FR) Lyrics
A la claire fontaine(FR) Lyrics
A la porte du jardin(FR) Lyrics
A lorientale(FR) Lyrics
A paris sur le petit pont(FR) Lyrics
A Place In My Hear Lyrics
A Place In My Heart Lyrics
Aber Die Liebe Bleibt Lyrics
Addio Lyrics
...Show All
Other Artists
Nana Mouskuri Lyrics
Nana Pancha Lyrics
Nance Lyrics
Nance Sinatra Lyrics
Nanci Griffith Lyrics
Griffith Nanci Lyrics
Nancy Ajram Lyrics
Nancy and the Boys Lyrics
Nancy Martinez Lyrics
Nancy Sinatra Lyrics

All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only.
lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved.
, , Privacy policy