The Skye Boat Song Lyrics - Nana Mouskouri

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 

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 

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Many's the lad fought on that day 

Well the claymore could wield 

When the night came, silently lay 

Dead on Culloden's field 

Burned are our homes, exile and death 

Scatter the loyal men 

Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath, 

Charlie will come again. 

*note: This song commemorates the escape of Bonnie 

Prince Charlie from these 

shores when Flora MacDonald took him, disguised as a serving maid, 

from Uist to Skye in a small boat. 

Flora is buried at Kilmuir on the north coast of Skye. Prince Charlie 

near Rome where he was born. 

MacLeod.