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THE SKYE BOAT SONG

 

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[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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