THE SKYE BOAT SONG
Traditional
[ C] Speed, bonnie [Am] boat , like a [F] bird
on the [G] wing,
[ C] "Onward!" the [F] sailors [C] cry. [G]
[ C] Carry the [Am] lad that's [F] born to
be [G] King
[ C] Over the [F] sea to [C]
Skye.
[ Am] Loud the winds
howl, [Dm] loud the waves roar,
[ Am] Thunderclaps [F] rend the [Am] air.
[ Am] Baffled our foes
[Dm] stand by the shore,
[ Am] Follow they [F] will not [Am] dare. [G]
[ C] Speed, bonnie [Am] boat , like a [F] bird
on the [G] wing,
[ C] "Onward!" the [F] sailors [C] cry. [G]
[ C] Carry the [Am] lad that's [F] born to
be [G] King
[ C] Over the [F] sea to [C]
Skye.
[ Am] Though the waves
leap, [Dm] soft shall ye sleep,
[ Am] Ocean's a [F] royal [Am]
bed.
[ Am] Rocked in the
deep, [Dm] Flora will keep
[ Am] Watch by your
[F] weary [Am]
head. [G]
[ C] Speed, bonnie [Am] boat , like a [F] bird
on the [G] wing,
[ C] "Onward!" the [F] sailors [C] cry. [G]
[ C] Carry the [Am] lad that's [F] born to
be [G] King
[ C] Over the [F] sea to [C]
Skye.
[ Am] Many's the lad,
[Dm] fought on that day,
[ Am] Well the clay-[F]-more could [Am] wield.
[ Am] When the night
came, [Dm] silently lay,
[ Am] Dead on Cul-[F]-loden's [Am] field. [G]
[ C] Speed, bonnie [Am] boat , like a [F] bird
on the [G] wing,
[ C] "Onward!" the [F] sailors [C] cry. [G]
[ C] Carry the [Am] lad that's [F] born to
be [G] King
[ C] Over the [F] sea to [C]
Skye.
[ Am] Burned are our
homes, [Dm] exile and death,
[ Am] Scatter the [F] loyal [Am]
men.
[ Am] Yet, e'er the
sword, [Dm] cool in the sheath,
[ Am] Charlie will [F] come a-[F]-gain. [G]
[ C] Speed, bonnie [Am] boat , like a [F] bird
on the [G] wing,
[ C] "Onward!" the [F] sailors [C] cry. [G]
[ C] Carry the [Am] lad that's [F] born to
be [G] King
[ C] Over the [F] sea to [C] Skye.
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