X:1 T:Skye Boat Song, The L:1/8 M:6/8 I:linebreak $ K:C % "^Chorus: " "C" G>AG "Am" c>cc | "Dm" d>ed "G" g3 | "C" e>de "F" A2 A | "C" G3- "G" G3 |$ w: Speed bon-nie boat, like a bird on the wing, On-ward the sail-ors cry!_ "C" G>AG"Am" c>cc | w: Car- ry the lad that is| "Dm" d>ed "G" g3 |"C" e>de"F" A2 A | "C" G2- G2 ||$"^Verse:" "Am" e>ce e3 |"Dm" d>Ad d3 | w: born to be king,|O- ver the sea to|Skye!_|Loud the winds howl, |Load the waves roar,| "Am" c>Ac "F" c2 c | "Am" A3- A3 |$"Am" e>ce e3 |"Dm" d>Ad d2 |"Am" c>Ac "F" c2 c | "Am" (A3 "G" G3) :|]$ w: Thun-der-claps rend the| air,_| Baf- fled our foes|stand on the shore,|Fol- low they will not|dare._| % % W: 2. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, W: Ocean's a royal bed; W: Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep W: Watch by your weary head. W: [Chorus:] W: W: 3. Many's the lad fought on that day, W: Well the claymore could wield W: Wien the night came, silently lay W: Dead on Culloden 's field. W: [Chorus:] W: W: 4. Burned are our homes, exile and death W: Scatter the loyal men; W: Yet, e'er the Gword cool in the sheath, W: Charlie will come again. W: [Chorus:] W: %