Artist: | Traditional (English) |
User: | TA52477 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Traditional – Skye Boat Song 6/8
[Chorus:]
C Am Dm G
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
C F C G
Onward! the sailors cry;
C Am Dm G
Carry the lad that's born to be King
C F C G
Over the sea to Skye.
Am Dm
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Am F Am
Thunderclaps rend the air;
Am Am
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Am F Am G
Follow they will not dare.
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Many’s the lad, fought in that day
Am F Am
Well the claymore did wield;
Am Am
When the night came, silently lay
Am F Am G
Dead on Cullodens field.
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
Am F Am
Ocean's a royal bed.
Am Dm
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Am F Am G
Watch by your weary head.
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Burned are their homes, exile and death
Am F Am
Scatter the loyal men;
Am Am
Yet ere the sword, cool in the sheath
Am F Am G
Charlie will come again