Skye boat song
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General information
Settings by composers
- Philip Le Bas TTBB
- Caroline Lesemann-Elliott SATB
- arr. Adriano Secco SATB
- arr. Victor Wilburn BB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Larry Minton — Skye Boat Song
Texts and Translations
English text
R. 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.
1 Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunder claps rend the air;
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Follow they will not dare.
R.
2 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.
R.
3 Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield;
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.
R.
4 Burned are our homes; exile and death
Scatter the loyal men;
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again.
R.