| Refrain 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 |
3. Many’s the lad fought on that day, Well the Claymore could wield, When the night came, silently lay Dead in Culloden’s field. Refrain |
| 1. Loud the winds howl loud the waves roar Thunderclaps rend the air Baffled our foes stand on the shore Follow they will not dare Refrain |
4.Burned are our homes, exile and death Scatter the loyal men; Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath Charlie will come again. D.C. al Fine |
| 2. Though the waves leap soft shall ye sleep Ocean’s a royal bed Rock’d in the deep Flora will keep Watch o’er your weary head Refrain |
Fine Refrain 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 |
“The Young Chevalier”,
Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788),
“Bonnie Prince Charlie”,
Stuart Claimant to
the Thrones of England,
Scotland, and Ireland
Royal Claymore Sword
Scottish Victory at the Battle of Prestonpans,
21 September 1745
Rought Approximation of the Evacuation Route
from Culloden Battlefield to the Isle of Skye
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Evacuation
to the Isle of Skye
after His Forces’ Defeat at
the Battle of Culloden
16 April 1746
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