Lyrics
(Scottish folk tune, Lyrics by Sir Harold Boulton, 1884)
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.
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunderclouds rend the air;
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Follow they will not dare. (Refrain)
See also
- Scottish folk songs
- songs about boats & ships
- songs about sailors
- songs in 6/8
- songs with dotted eighth note – sixteenth note patterns
- source:Â Community Song Book,Mitch Miller, Warner Bros. Publications, Inc, 1962
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
