The Skye Boat Song Songtext
von The Corries

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
Thunderclaps rend the air
Baffled our foes, stand on 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 Culloden 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

Though the waves leap, soft will ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head

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