The Skye boat song

 

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Speed,  bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing,

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“Onward!“ the sailors cry.

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Carry the lad that`s born to be King

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over the sea to Skye.

 

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1. Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, thunderclaps rend the air.

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    Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare.

 

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2. Through the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean`s a royal bed.

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    Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head.  

 

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3. Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield.

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    When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field.

 

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4. Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men.

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    Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again.

 

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