The

Skye Boat Song

3 
arr. by Brookselia Scottish Folk

   
 4    
  = 50

    

G Em C D G

Sopran

3 
 

 
 4      
Speed, bon nie boat, like a bird on the wing. On ward! the

     
 3  
Alt

 4            
 

Tenor

 

  43           
  
Speed bon nie boat, like a bird on the wing. On


Bass

 

  
            

6 C G D G Em C D


 

 
        
sail ors cry. Car ry the lad that is born to be King

    
   
A

               
 


T

 

                 
ward! the sail ors cry. Car ry the lad that is born to be King.

 
B

 
    
          

Fine
13 G Em G Em

 
 

 
          
O ver the sea to Skye. 1.Loud the winds howl,

  
 

         
1.Loud the winds


T

 

           
O ver the sea to Skye. Mh


B

 

 
       
         
19 Am Em Em

   
      
loud the waves roar. Thun der claps rend the air. Baf fled, our

    
A


       
howl, loud the waves roar. Thun der claps rend the air.

  
Mh Mh Mh

    
Mh

2
   
          
D.C. al Fine

 
26 Am Em Am D

   
           
foes stand by the shore, Fol low they will not dare.

  
A


       
Baf fled, our foes stand by the shore, Fol low they will not dare.

       
Mh Mh Mh

Stevenson's Poem

Chorus:
Verse 2: Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, Say, could that lad be I?
Ocean's a royal bed. Merry of soul he sailed on a day
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep Over the sea to Skye.
Watch by your weary head.
Verse 1:
Verse 3: Mull was astern, Rùm on the port,
Many's the lad fought on that day, Eigg on the starboard bow;
Well the claymore could wield, Glory of youth glowed in his soul;
When the night came, silently lay Where is that glory now?
Dead on Culloden's field.
Verse 2:
Verse 4: Give me again all that was there,
Burned are their homes, exile and death Give me the sun that shone!
Scatter the loyal men; Give me the eyes, give me the soul,
Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath Give me the lad that's gone!
Charlie will come again.
Verse 3:
Billow and breeze, islands and seas,
Mountains of rain and sun,
All that was good, all that was fair,
All that was me is gone.

Annotation:
In the TV Series Outlander the song is uses
the word "lad" is replaced by the word "lass"
to reflect the story.