Liederbuch/ The Skye Boat Song

Gitarre D7

schottisches Volkslied Text: Harold E. Boulton (*1859-†1935) Melodie: William Ross (1782) bearbeitet von Mjchael 

The Skye Boat Song

Das Lied erzählt, wie Bonnie Prince Charlie, als Dienstmädchen verkleidet, nach der Niederlage seines Jakobitenaufstands im Jahr 1745 mit Hilfe von Flora MacDonald in einem kleinen Boot zur schottischen Insel Skye entkam.

The Skye Boat Song

Chorus

• [G]Speed bonnie [Em]boat like a [Am]bird on the [D7]wing
  

  [G]Onward the [Em]sailors [D]cry[7].
  

  [G]Carry the [Em]bairn that's [Am]born to be [D]king
  

  [G]Over the [Em]sea to [D] Skye[7]
  

1

[G]Loud the wind [']howls, [D]loud the waves [']roar
[Em]Thunderclaps [C]rend the [Am]air[D7]
[G]Baffled, our [']foes [D]stand by the [']shore
[Em]Follow they [C]will not [Am]dare [D7]

2

[G]Many's the [']lad[D]fought on that [']day
[Em]Well the [C] claymore,could [Am]wield [D7]
[G]When the night [']came, [D]silently [']lain
[Em]Dead on Coll-[C]oden [Am]field [D7]

3

[G]Though the waves [']leap, [D]soft shall ye [']sleep
[Em]Ocean's a [C]royal [Am]bed[D7]
[G]Rocked in the [']deep, [D] Flora will [']keep
[Em]Watch by your [C]weary [Am]head [D7]

4

[G]Burned are their [']homes, [D]exile and [']death
[Em]Scatter the [C]loyal [Am]men[D7]
[G]Yet e’er the [']sword [D]cool in the [']sheath
[Em] Charlie will [C]come [Am]again [D7]

Begleitvorschlag

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Weblinks

• The Skye Boat Song
• Bonnie Prince Charlie Englische Gute-Nacht-Geschichte, frei nach dem Kinderlied The Skye Boat Song.