Skye Boat Song - Aideen O'Brien and The Five Fifths
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
Though the waves leap
Soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rock'd in the deep
Flora will keep
Watch o'er your weary head
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
Many's the lad
Fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came
Silently lay
Dead on culloden's field
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
Burned are their 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
Onward the sailors cry
Carry the lad
That's born to be king
Over the sea to skye