The Skye Boat Song
C Onward! F the sailors G cry;
C Carry the lad that’s G born to be king
C Over the F sea to C Skye.
C
Loud the winds howl,
Dm
loud the waves roar,
Am
Thunderclaps rend the
Dm
air;
G
C
Baffled, our foes
G
stand by the shore,
C
Follow they
F
will not
C
dare.
Chorus
Many’s the lad, fought in that day
Well the claymore did wield;
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden’s field.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
Burned are their homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men;
Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again.