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T: The Skye Boat Song
R: waltz
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
O:Scotland C19th.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
"G" D3 E D2|"G" G4 G2|"D" A3 B A2|"D" d6|
w:Speed bon-nie boat like~a bird on the wing.
w:Car-ry the lad that's born to be king
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w:on-ward, the sail-ors cry. -
w:O-ver the  ****sea to Skye.
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w:Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar. Thun-der-claps rend the air,
"Em" B3 G B2|B6|"Am" A3 E A2|A6|"Em" G3 E F2|"C" G4 F2|"Em" E6|"D" D6|
w:Baf-fled, our foes stand by the shore, Fol-low they will not dare.
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w:Speed bon-nie boat like~a bird on the wing. on-ward, the sail-ors cry. -
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w:Car-ry the lad that's born to be king O-ver the sea to Skye.
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W:Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing.
W:Onward, the sailors cry.
W:Carry the lad that's born to be king
W:Over the sea to Skye.
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W:1
W:Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar.
W:Thunderclaps rend the air,
W:Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
W:Follow they will not dare.
W:
W:2
W:Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
W:Ocean's a royal bed.
W:Rocked in the deep Flora will keep
W:Watch by your weary head.
W:
W:3
W:Many's the lad fought on that day
W:Well the claymore could wield
W:When the night came silently lay
W:Dead on Culloden's field.
W:
W:4
W:Burned are our homes, exile and death
W:Scatter the loyal men;
W:Yet, ere the sword cool in the sheath,
W:Charlie will come again.

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