Skye Boat Song ROGER WHITTAKER
4,131 views · Published 26 August 2015 · 2:43 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: sunryse111 · 2015 · Entertainment
"Speed, bonny boat, like a bird on a wing ..." the opening line of the Skye Boat Song, a traditional Scottish air that commemorates the escape of "Bonny" Prince Charles Stuart from Uist to Skye after his defeat at the Battles of Culloden in 1746. Close to my home in Haworth, West Yorkshire, there is The Old Silent Inn, so-called, apparently, because Prince Charlie stayed there during his flight to safety and all who knew of his overnight tenure were sworn to silence.
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