SKYE BOAT SONG


Meaning of SKYE BOAT SONG in English

a popular Scottish song about how Flora Macdonald helped Bonny Prince Charlie escape to Skye. The sad, slow music is sometimes used to represent Scotland in films and television programmes. Many people in Britain know the first verse:

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.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.