A Lullaby to Commemorate the Evacuation by Boat, of the Last Catholic Prince of Great Britain, Bonnie Prince Charlie, to a Remote Hebrides Island, The Isle of Skye, Following His Final Defeat
Key of G, as printed in the sheet music
Key of Eb, transposed
| 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
If Charles Edward Stuart had won the battle of Culloden, which reigning or presumptive monarch would have experienced devastating loss of royal prospects?
If Charles Edward Stuart had won the Battle of Culloden, the reigning monarch King George II and his presumptive Hanoverian heirs—specifically his eldest son Frederick, Prince of Wales and his grandson (the future King George III)—would have experienced a devastating loss of their royal prospects.
Had the Jacobites succeeded, the entire House of Hanover would have been unseated from the British throne to make way for the restoration of the Catholic House of Stuart.
Impact on the Hanoverian Line
King George II (Reigning Monarch): At the height of the 1745 rising, George II and his court reportedly panicked to the point of packing barges on the Thames to flee back to their ancestral home of Hanover, Germany. A defeat at Culloden would have forced him to abdicate his British crown, confining his rule strictly to the Electorate of Hanover.
Frederick, Prince of Wales (Heir Apparent): As the direct heir to the throne, his prospects of ever inheriting the British Empire would have been entirely erased.
Prince George (Presumptive Heir/Future George III): The young prince, who was only seven years old at the time of the battle, would have grown up as an exiled German duke rather than becoming the long-reigning monarch who oversaw the peak of the British Empire.
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland: As the commander of the government forces at Culloden and the second son of George II, a loss would have destroyed his military career, stripped him of his royal status in Britain, and potentially resulted in his capture or death on the battlefield.
House Of Hanover: The Most Messed Up Royal Family In History
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