(Original in key of ) Intro: 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. V 1 Through 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. V 2 Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield. When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field. (+ 1 Semitone) 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. V 3 Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men. Yet, o`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. (Slowing) Outro: