#SlowAirSunday: Skye Boat Song

Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the music video of Tress the Dark Isle Piper performing the ode to Bonne Prince Charlie and the devastating lost at the 1749 Battle of Culloden "Skye Boat Song"

The Skye Boat Song - Ella Roberts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBSqQPP4aVM

Lyrics
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,
Thunderclaps rend the air;
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Follow they will not dare.
Many’s the lad, fought in that day
Well the claymore did wield;
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.
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.
Burned are their homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men;
Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again."

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" PriceSGT Jim Arnold Maj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft SSgt Boyd Herrst TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSG William Jones PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner

BEAUTIFUL! Her tuning and embellishments are spot-on. Skye Boat Song is another of the old standards that I have played many times. Thank you Chief! That brings back fond-memories.

Great share, I've always loved listening to the pipes.