The Skye Boat Song Songtext
von Ann Breen

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
Loud the wind howls
Loud the waves roar
Thunder will rend the air Baffled our foes
Stand by the shore
Follow they will not dare.
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 did wield
When the night came
Silently lain
Dead on Colloden 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