Skye Boat Song (hi-lo)

SKYE BOAT SONG hi-lo
W: Sir Harold Boulton
Scottish sea chantey
Key: Em
Time: 6/8

  3    3   3   4    4   4  -4  -4 -4   6
  6    6   6   7    7   7  -8  -8 -8   9
Speed bon-nie boat like a bird on the wing 

5   -4   5   -3” -3”  3
8   -8   8   -6  -6   6
On-ward the sail-ors cry. 

 3  -3” 3   4   4   4   -4  5  -4  6
 6  -6  6   7   7   7   -8  8  -8  9
Car-ry the lad who was born to be king 

5 -4   5  -3” -3” 3
8 -8   8  -6  -6  6
O-ver the sea to Skye 

 5    4    5    5
 8    7    8    8
Loud the winds howl 

 -4  -3”  -4    -4
 -8  -6   -8    -8
loud the waves roar 

 4   -3”   4    4    4  -3”
 7   -6    7    7    7  -6
Thun-der-claps rend the air 

 5   4    5   5
 8   7    8   8
Baf-fled our foes 

 -4   -3”-4   -4
 -8   -6 -8   -8
stand by the shore 

 4  -3”  4    4    4   -3”
 7  -6   7    7    7   -6
Fol-low they will not dare 

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 

Many's the lad fought on that day 
Well the claymore did wield 
When the night came 
silently lain 
Dead on Colloden field 

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 

Though the waves heave 
soft will ye sleep 
Ocean's a royal bed 
Rocked in the deep 
Flora will keep 
Watch by your weary head 

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