Song Lyrics Unknown - Skye Boat Song    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Skye Boat Song Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Skye Boat Song Theme ID: 5475 Album: N/A SKYE BOAT SONG 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 CHORUS 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 CHORUS Many's the lad fought on that day Well the claymore could wield When the night came, silently lay Dead on Culloden's field CHORUS Burned are our homes, exile and death Scatter the loyal men Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again. CHORUS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Words by Sir Harold Boulton, Bart., 1884. Music by Annie MacLeod. Charles Edward Stewart, the Young Pretender, was routed by the Duke of Cumberland on Culloden Moor in 1745. Aided by a Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald, Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped to the island of Skye in the inner Hebrides. He was finally taken by a French vessel to Morlaix on the coast of Bretagne. The first half of the tune is said to be an old sea shanty; the other half is traditionally attributed to Miss MacLeod. @Scots @royalty @rebel @history @lullaby @water recorded by Paul Robeson filename[ SKYEBOAT DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Sodden Clods Are Coming To Town A New Years Carol, Solar Carol, Soldier Maid, Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me, Soldiers, Solid Fas, Solidarity Forever, Solomon Island Anthem Text, Some Talk Of Ronald Reagan, Some Things Never Change, Somebodys Grandmother, Somebodys Tall And Handsome, Someday Soon, Somerset Wassail, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Somewhere Overindulgence, Sommarbarn, Son De La Loma, Son Of A Gambolier, Song For A New Year, Song For Canada, Song For Ireland, Song From Lucifers Hammer, Song Of The Ada, Song Of The Classes, Song Of The Fishes, Song Of The Iron Road, Song Of The Seals, Song Of The Splintered Shillelagah, Song Of The Temperance Union, Sons Of Liberty, Soon One Mornin Death Come Creepin, Sorry The Day I Was Married, Sospan Vach The Little Saucepan, Souling Song, Sound Of Mucus, Sourwood Mountain, South Africa Anthem Text, South Africa Native Anthem Text, South Australia, South Street Waltz, Southrups Wassail Song, Sow Took The Measles, Spancil Hill, Spanish Is The Loving Tongue, Spanish Ladies, Spencer The Rover, Sperry Rand, Spinning Wheel, Spirit Keeper, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson 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