X: 1
T:Skye Boat Song             % title
C:Anon                       % composer
O:Scottish Traditional       % origin.
M:6/8                           % meter
L:1/8                        % length of shortest note
Q:80                         % tempo
P:AB
F:http://kittybriton-abc.blogspot.com/2007/09/	 2024-04-19 094204 UT
K:C                          % key
V:1                          % voice 1
[P:A (chorus)]
|: "C" G>AG  c>cc |"G" d>ed g3 |"C" e>de "F" A2 A |"C" G3-"G7" G2 z |
w:Speed bon-ny boat, like a bird on the wing, on-ward the sail-ors cry!_
"C" G>AG "Am" c>cc |"G" d>ed g3 |"C" e>de "F" A2 A |[1-3 "C" G3-G z |][4 "C" G3-G3 ||
w:Car-ry the lad that is born to be King, o-ver the sea to Skye_ Skye!_
[P:B (verse)]
"Am" e>ce e3 |"Dm" d>Ad d3 |"Am" c>Ac c2 c | A3-A3 |
w:Loud the winds houl, loud the waves roar, thun-der-claps rend the air_,
"Am" e>ce e3 |"Dm" d>Ad d3 |"Am" c>Ac c2 c | A3-"G7"G3 :]
w:baf-fled our foes stand on the shore, fol-low they will not dare._
W:
W: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:
W:chorus
W:
W:Many's the lad fought on that day
W:well the Claymore could wield.
W:When the night came, silently lay
W:Dead on Culloden's field.
W:
W:chorus
W:
W:Burned are our homes, exile and death
W:Scatter the loyal men;
W:Yet e'er the sword cool in the sheath
W:Charlie will come again!
W:
W:chorus