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 claps 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 weild When the night came, silently lay Dead on Culloden's feild 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 our homes, exile and death Scatter the royal men Yet ere 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! Over the sea to Skye! Over the sea to Skye!