The Skye Boat Song - Ella Roberts

Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for sharing the music video of the cover of The Corries song "The Skye Boat Song" by Ella Roberts
Excellent voice and cover IMHO

""The Skye Boat Song" is one of the most famous of all Scottish folk songs. Like "Will Yae Ne'er Come Back Again?" it was inspired by the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after the Battle of Cullloden in June 1746 with the assistance of Flora MacDonald. Dressed in drag, Prince Charles Edward Stuart fled from Uist to the Isle of Skye and thence to France. The original lyrics were written by Sir Harold Boulton; the melody is a traditional air. The author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote an alternative set of lyrics, which are probably better known.
The song has been extremely widely recorded, not only by Scottish artists; Roger Whitaker whistled it in German! Instrumental versions have been equally popular over the years. >>
Roger Whittaker and Des O'Connor recorded a duet version, which peaked at #10 on the UK singles chart in 1986. Their rendition combined O'Connor's vocals with Whittaker's whistling version, which had been part of his repertoire since the mid-1970s."

Here is Van Morrison's jazzier version
Van Morrison - Skye Boat Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvShxklBVds

Lyrics written by Robert Louis Stevenson
"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 wind howls
Loud the waves roar
Thunderclaps 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 did wield
When the night came
Silently lain
Dead on Culloden 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

Though the waves heave
Soft will 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"

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