Skye Boat Song

You may recognize this as the opening theme of Outlander, but the Skye Boat Song is from the late 19th century and is about Bonnie Prince Charles bravely scampering off to the Isle of Skye after the whooping he received in the Battle of Culloden. It has a melody that'll stay stuck in your head long after your foray across an Cuan Canach.

Lyrics and Chords
G            Em           Am          D7 Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, G            C       G     D7 '''"Onward!" the sailors cry.''' G        Em         Am         D7 Carry the lad that's born to be King G       C      G Over the sea to Skye. Em                  Am                   Em           C        Em Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, thunderclaps rend the air. Em              Am                  Em          C        Em  D7 Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare. [Chorus] Em                    Am                   Em        C     Em Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean's a royal bed. Em                 Am              Em            C     Em    D7 Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head. [Chorus] Em             Am                  Em           C          Em Many's the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield. Em                  Am            Em           C     Em     D7 When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden's field. [Chorus] Em                   Am               Em          C     Em Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men. Em                  Am                  Em           C     Em    D7 Yet, o'er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again. [Chorus] [H/T Carl Stucke and Alan Abramowitz]