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Bookmark or Share- Skye-boat-song-lyrics | classical-music.comBonnie Prince Charlie's dramatic escape to the Isle of Skye inspired one of Britain's most famous folk songs, and opening song lines, 'Speed bonnie boat'. Here are song's lyrics in full. Who wrote 'The Skye Boat Song'?
- The Corries - The Skye boat song with lyrics - YouTubeThe Corries -The Skye boat song with lyrics
- The Skye Boat Song - Wikisource, the free online libraryThe Skye Boat Song has gained the reputation of a traditional Scottish song recalling the escape of the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) after his defeat at Culloden in 1746: he escaped from Uist to the Isle of Skye in a small boat with the aid of Flora Macdonald. He was disguised as a serving maid.
- Scottish Music - Skye Boat Song (VOCAL) ♫ - YouTubeThis Scottish folk song is about the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie, over the sea to Skye, after his defeat at Culloden in 1746. The author of this song, of...
- The Skye Boat Song - WikipediaThe Skye Boat Song" (Roud 3772) is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh ("Cuckoo of the Tree"). [1] In the original song, the composer laments to a cuckoo that his unrequited love, Lady Marion Ross, is rejecting him.
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