Bonnie
Boat
(The
Skye Boat Song)
(Esther & Abi Ofarim, 1966)
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German meaning:
Bonnie Boat wurzelt tief in der Geschichte der britischen Inseln.
Es behandelt das Schicksal des englisch-schottischen Thronfolgers Charles aus
der Dynastie der Stuarts,
dem der Premierminister in der Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts den Thron
verweigerte.
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.
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 leap soft shall
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
over the sea to Skye.
Burned are our homes, exile and
death,
scattered the loyal men.
Yet ere the sword's cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again!
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.
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