Skye boat song

X:572
T:Skye boat song
C:anon.
O:Scotland
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/scotland/skye-boat-song.abc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dm
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w:Speed bon-nie boat, like a bird on the wing, "On-ward," the sail-ors cry!
w:Car-ry the lad_ that's born to be king, o-ver the sea to Skye!
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w:Loud the winds howl, load the waves roar, Thund-er-claps rend the air;
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w:Baf-fled our foes stand on the shore, Fol-low they will not dare.
W:
W:Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
W:"Onward," the sailors cry!
W:Carry the lad that's born to be king,
W:over the sea to Skye!
W:  Loud the winds howl, load the waves roar,
W:  Thunderclaps rend the air;
W:  Baffled our foes stand on the shore,
W:  Follow they will not dare.
W:
W:Bold the waves leap, soft shall ye sleeep,
W:ocean's a royal bed,
W:rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
W:watch by your weary head.
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:Burned are our homes, exiled and dead,
W:scattered the loyal men.
W:Yet ere the sword cool in the sheat
W:Charlie will come again.
W:
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