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The song tells how Bonnie Prince Charlie, disguised as a serving maid, escaped in a small boat after the defeat of his Jacobite rising of 1745, with the aid of Flora MacDonald. The song is a traditional expression of Jacobitism and its story has also entered Scotland as a national legend.

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[Chorus:] 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 on the shore,
Follow they will not dare.

[Chorus]

Many's the lad fought on that day,
Well the Claymore did wield,
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.

[Chorus]

Though the waves leap, soft will ye sleep,
Ocean's a royal bed.
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head.

credits

from To Drive the Cold Winter Away, released December 1, 2011
Gian Castello: tin whistle, guitar, arrangement
Devon MacGillivray: vocals, fiddle
Marco Canepa: keyboards
Kitia: arrangement

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Gian Castello Drumshanbo, Ireland

Gian Castello studied Irish flute with various Irish teachers (John Lee, Donegal, and legendary Micho Russell, Clare).
He has produced four concept albums ("Merlin the Enchanter", "Taliesin", "The Secret Kingdoms", "Rama, the primordial Druid"), one CD ("The Stone in the Field") with the English harper Steve Haggerty and "To Drive the Cold Winter Away", Italian/Irish production. ... more

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