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
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 leap
soft shall 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



Many\'s the lad fought on that day

Well the claymore could wield

When the night came
silently lay
Dead in Culloden\'s 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.



Burned are their homes
exile and death
Scatter the loyal men

Yet e\'er the sword cool in the sheath

Charlie will come again.

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.