Wild Thistles - Jacobite Rebellion

Skye Boat Song

( Trad )

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,

Onwards the sailors cry -

Carry the lad, who's born to be King,

Over the sea to Skye -

Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,

Thunderclaps rend the air -

Baffled our foes, stand by the shore,

Follow they will not dare -

Speed bonnie boat...

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 -

Speed bonnie boat ...

Many's the lad, fought on the day,

Well the claymore did wield -

When the night came, silently lay,

Dead on Culloden's field -

Speed bonnie boat...

Burned are our homes, exile and death,

Scatter the loyal men -

Yet, 'ere the sword, cool in the sheath,

Charlie will come again -

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,

Onwards the sailors cry -

Carry the lad, who's born to be King,

Over the sea to Skye -

Links

Jacobite Rebellion
Wild Thistles