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Artist: Barbara Dickson
Canonical path: /barbara-dickson/skye-boat-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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Skye Boat Song
Read Skye Boat Song lyrics by Barbara Dickson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Skye Boat Song
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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,
Thunder will 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
Many's the lad fought on that day,
Well the claymore could yield,
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on 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
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Barbara Dickson performs "Skye Boat Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Barbara Dickson catalog on LyroVerse.
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