Skye Boat Song (Alastair McDonald)

Skye Boat Song (Alastair McDonald). Scottish Jacobite Song detailing Prince Charles Edward Stuart's fleeing from Scotland to France after failure of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
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[@bw4500]

We still sing our babies to sleep in Australia with this song Scotland is still in our hearts

[@churchofgod4016]

Sure, when one enters the ever waiting time machine.

[@Wotan-Mit-Uns]

Please fight for your rights my Aussie brethren! The globalist Bolsheviks are turning Australia into one big Soviet island gulag!

[@anthonyward5184]

I'm Scottish it's great the song 😉😎

[@eldradulthran6482]

@@Wotan-Mit-Uns How so?

[@TheNationalfilmbored]

@@Wotan-Mit-Uns As a Canadian, I'm both annoyed by and embarrassed for foreigners (usually Americans) who think they know better than we do about our own politics. I'll bet Australians feel the same.

[@jlue7501]

According to my mom, she and my aunt sang this at my great grandpa's funeral. He was a die hard Scot all the way.

[@evilubuntu9001]

Mandela effect!!!!!! This song is only 5 years old!! LOL!

[@jlue7501]

EVIL UBUNTU I don't get what you mean? According to Jacobites.net, "The lyrics were written by Sir Harold Boulton, Bart. (1859 - 1935), to an air collected by Miss Annie MacLeod (Lady Wilson) in the 1870s. The song was first published in "Songs of the North" by Boulton and MacLeod, London, 1884, a book that went into at least fourteen editions."

[@samanthavita-brown413]

@@jlue7501 i believe they think the song was written for the Outlander series because they use it for the theme. Sad honestly.

[@myyou7335]

@@evilubuntu9001 Lol. How to be uncultured. You should've noticed the differences in lyrics.

[@jamescalhoun418]

@@samanthavita-brown413 this recording must be older than the show.

[@JS-ob4oh]

Learned about this song long ago in college in the US from my roommate who was a proud 4th generation Scottish-American. We kept in touch after graduation and 4 years later met up in Kyle of Lochalsh where we crossed over to Skye singing this song.

[@fyrdman2185]

Amerimutt moment

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

Being a fourth generation Scottish-American all those years ago, it is most likely that his ancestors settled in the US before the song was written in the late 19th century. It's a bit of late Victorian romanticised whimsy (written by Sir Harold Boulton, an English Baronet from Kent) and published in 1884. It's interesting to see how many people have been taken in by this ... 😀

[@fyrdman2185]

@@andrewwigglesworth3030 Most of Scottish culture we see today, the kilts and all are romanticised Victorian invention by Englishmen.

[@tsar389]

This gets me teary eyed but it's also so beautiful to hear

[@MurarichSiberian]

Hi mate! Are U russian Tsar? Me too)

[@haroldgillies3083]

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 wind howls 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 Many's the lad fought on that day Well the claymore did wield When the night came Silently lain Dead on Colloden field 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 heave Soft will 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

[@helenreidt3315]

Learnt this as a young child ❤ l always loved anything Scottish, especially the bagpipes. At the age of 73yrs I learnt I have Scottish gene..not a lot but enough to call my heart.

[@davidartist2750]

Flora Macdonald is famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland after the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. 2:12

[@tari-jeanlybbert8225]

There’s a Scottish Highland dance named “Flora MacDonald’s Fancy” that is a tribute to her.

[@carmensmith4394]

Having been brought up by Irish nuns I learnt this song at a young age not knowing its real significance. What a sad time in history.

[@sandrothenecromancer6810]

It marked the end of the Isles and triumph of Satan

[@xzliam]

@@sandrothenecromancer6810 ahaha Satan ok you mean the lowlanders sorry a absolute monarch wasn’t wanted

[@abandonedscotland6558]

Irish lol hahaha get it up ye

[@rippedtorn2310]

@@abandonedscotland6558 huns lol

[@abandonedscotland6558]

@@rippedtorn2310 y cry kid 1-0

[@MoerieAntoinette]

That’s quite sad song...feel sorry for the bonnie prince Charles Stuart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I love this history lyrics and it makes me cry 😭😭😭

[@BartlomiejDmowski]

I've been to the beautiful Island of Skye and didn't know this song.... what a loss Long live Catholic England and Free Scotland! Love from Poland

[@mooseylad]

Englands not been catholic for 400 yrs and Scotland is free free from the romany church

[@rustyshackleford7675]

What a great rendition. I never knew the song's lyrics or its Jacobite roots. Ironically it is a popular inspection tune for the Queen's soldiers in Canada if there is a pipe band on parade.

[@EEYore-py1bf]

Loads of Jacobites immigrated to Canada, it's not surprising tbh.

[@EEYore-py1bf]

@@garinleloherain333 Because literally no one gives a shit about Jacobitism.

[@Targawrath]

@@garinleloherain333 What are you talking about? Aren't the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas from like Thuringia or something? Did they go to Canada or are you saying that the Commonwealth royalty are Saxe-Coburg-Gothas?

[@garinleloherain333]

@@Targawrath The Windsors are the Saxe_Coburg-Gothas. They just changed their name during WW1. They are from todays south eastern Germany.

[@Targawrath]

@@garinleloherain333 Ah, makes sense now. I would say it is likely due to the Gaelic influence on Canada given that the Skye Boat song remained popular (particularly in Scotland) among oarsmen and folk musicians. There are also different lyrics for the song and even the tune is from another piece (I think Cuckoo something, can't remember atm) and has just been popularized in the Skye Boat song. So perhaps they're either playing the other tune or it is from the gaelic influence. Either way, I don't think it is disrespectful but thank you for informing me.

[@mornasev]

My grandmother used to sing this to me, and I sing it to my grandkids.

[@ernie1903]

Hail the true king , god bless the men from the north

[@Pluto1721]

My mother used to sing this to me as a young child, and I’m so happy to find the song again

[@ionacourtenay1988]

My Granddad was a Scot, he sang this to me as a young child, obviously I had no idea what it was about, I only discovered all the verses with this version, and the story with the 'Outlander books'; it became real then, my ancestors were there too! Iòna (UK)

[@stephensczurek6286]

I've only heard this before as a tune played by bagpipes, never heard the words. It sounded like a romantic dance song. I didn't know it was such a sad song.

[@gemolibre]

I am interesed and very moved for a long time by the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie. He was in his right, but infortunately, he lost all. Maybe he was a dreamer but not a soldier in strategy. Maybe he was under the Stuart's curse...

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

What exactly was the cause of the curse?

[@wildrain8602]

*Stewart spell it like a Scot, not a frenchman

[@gemolibre]

@@Ggdivhjkjl If we study the history of the Stuarts, we see that they have been pursued by bad luck for more than two centuries, all their endeavours and efforts to recover the throne of England and Scotland have always tragically ended. There were, among others, King Charles I, his daughter Henriette who had married Louis XIV’s brother, Queen Anne, and finally Bonnie Prince Charlie, who ended his alcoholic life out of despair that he could not find the kingdom of the Stuarts after the battle of Culloden in 1746.

[@sandrothenecromancer6810]

You call bad luck, I call demonic intervention, why would Satan and his cronies want a faithful king on the Throne?They would lose too many souls if they allowed him to live, after all, have you noticed how the good always perish first and the wicked live close to the max?

[@primel6508]

@@sandrothenecromancer6810 Sadly you're right! The goods always perish first!

[@ionacourtenay1988]

This is THE BEST version of the Skye Boat Song that I have ever heard!!! Thank you soooo much. So much better than the theme tune to Outlander, I've been searching for ages and have now found the Real thing and with all the lyrics which I've never heard afore. And I love your voice Alastair. Thank you

[@ThoseColoniesAreMine]

iona Courtenay You should find the version from the channel Clamavi de Profundis that they just put up not too far back. It’s also very good

[@lemorab1]

Yes, this version is wonderful. Alastair, your voice is exquisite. Thank you for posting this and the beautiful illustrations.

[@primel6508]

Oops....I almost forgot to thank you for this beautiful video! I loved all of it....your singing, the illustrations and I almost cried about the fate of Bonnie prince Charlie and of course the scots!! Were forced to leave his beloved Skye! And what the brits have done to the culture of the scots!!! Being not allowed to ever speak your mothertongue again or to wear your cloth which you used to be....must be very, very cruel! :'( And since that - to be fair, my humble knowing - about the fate of the scots, I can understand them all the more, and because of the foolishness of the brits these days, that they will be free from the United Kingdom and wil stay or will be back into the EU!

[@chiaraavianibarbacci4195]

Yes this is a beautiful version. By the way, don’t get confused by the horrible situation regarding historical accuracy in the world of mass media: the version of The Skye Boat Song used in Outlander was NOT created for the Outlander serie. It’s a variant of the original song written by the famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson. The man was clearly emotionally involved with the Jacobite lore, and he wrote the song you can hear in Outlander imagining it’s an answer by Charles Edward Stuart himself to the original song. Outlander “stole” the song from Stevenson and changed the person who sings from male to female.

[@sylviasmith2510]

iona Courtenay This is the original writen by Sir Robert Boulton to ancient music discovered by Annie Macleod in 1800’s There is another version of it by Robert Louis Stevenson but although I am a fan of his I prefer the original. An American song writer Bear McCreary changed the words of RLS version for the Outlander theme. Claims he wrote it I wish they had not tampered with this beautiful song that tells the tale of Our Prince

[@terryhendrickson6007]

This is truly the best version of this song I have ever heard it took my breath away made my heart sad thinking what happened on that day all the men that laid dead on colada mour.

[@ionacourtenay1988]

I feel it in ma bones, that some of my ancestors died for the Jacobite Cause ... I think I've been clearing all their pain. It's why I love 'Outlander' too ☺, I read all the books years before. Must listen to this agen (part lowland Scots 😅)

[@ronvanasselt6459]

I really do feel emotional after this song. Beautiful it is. See you soon Scotland.

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

I'm Italian and this took my breath away.

[@doubtingthomas6146]

Lorenzo Notarianni - Somehow fitting, because the song is about a boat that took an Italian away :)

[@diegocanzi3432]

Anche io sono italiano

[@mansourkuanyshev3022]

Of course it would! It’s a Catholic Royalist song!

[@w3lisa954]

I'm Turkish but this took my breath away.

[@subliutenant]

@@doubtingthomas6146 Might have been born in Italy. If a dog is born in a stable, you don't call it a horse? Prince James Edward Stuart Parents: His Father was: James Francis Edward Stuart, nicknamed The Old Pretender, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, His mother was Maria Clementina Sobieska was a Titular Queen consort of England by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne. The granddaughter of the Polish king John III Sobieski.

[@johnduheaume6650]

Just back from Scotland, we visited the spot in Glenfinnan where Charles Stuart first raised his standard in 1745, very moving.

[@Raxacoricofallapatorius]

I've known this song all my life, only now did I realise it's a Jacobite song about Bonnie Prince Charlie. The extra lyrics definitely helped clear that up.

[@marleneboyd-wilson1268]

Melodic history, O what a wicked weave in Scottish history it so often leaves. Loyal song about a very brave Scottish woman Flora Mac Donald.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

In 1969 when I was 11 years old I read the song out of a music. During music that day I requested that we sing the song. I requested it every week. I can't say exactly why I love this song so much I mean it's beautiful song but there was something more to it. Maybe one day I'll figure it out

[@balrog262]

But before the sword cools in the sheath, Charlie will come again!

[@fringemaster1496]

he fucked up big time

[@crowseye7968]

What a false prophet he turned out to be lol

[@Bellg]

@@crowseye7968 nothing funny about it... not to the scots at least...

[@crowseye7968]

Belg they’re doing fine without him.

[@Bellg]

@@crowseye7968 yea "doing fine" .. i'm talking about the scots back in 1746... why would i be talking about modern day scots? They sure weren't fine? They got slaughtered by Cumberland and his troops, their culture destroyed and lands ethnically cleansed. That's clearly something very far from "fine" wouldn't you agree?

[@sterlingjohnson4172]

This song is about my ancestor and what she did. I had no idea that this was a story about my family till I read more and found this version. I'd only heard the Outlander version prior to watching this video. It's so horrible what happened back then. I'm extremely proud of my Scottish decent.

[@alfredosamir2869]

I admire the scottish, I started watching Outlander. And later searched about the History of Scotland , it 's beautiful and sad at the same time. My dream is visit Scotland

[@andrewday3724]

Do you say? I'm directly related to Flora MacDonald as well.

[@mehitablestorm8877]

Now THIS sounds like a voice speaking to us from the Ages.

[@laurentjanicot8929]

Very beautiful song, I didn't know it, thanks, Laurent from FRANCE

[@dantheman4908]

When I heard this song I was thinking “This rings a bell” it turns out my dad used to sing it to me when I was a wee lad.

[@camacassie]

Bless you Love from Scotland

[@baggieshorts1406]

What a proud nation...What a proud people...

[@alextripney3812]

Yes we are,Thankyou.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheJollyReiver]

Happy 300th birthday Bonny Prince Charlie! 31/12/2020

[@maryjones8554]

We use to sing this at school, over 60 years ago. 😢

[@truthteller308]

Both the paintings and the beautiful song bring tears to my eyes. Life can be so unfair. Evil often wins out, because it's more ruthless than good.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

Describe how the Old Pretender and his progeny were less evil than the Hanoverians? Though of course one of James II's children became Queen ...

[@thursday1679]

Love this song

[@aledlambertsen579]

Im from denmark but heard the song for the first time in english class and i just love it^^

[@naggu1243]

Interessant

[@rayray24]

Wonderful, wonderful version. The best I've heard

[@markmeader5148]

Few people know that Flora MacDonald exiled herself to the North American colony of North Carolina in Anson County, where she settled with other Jacobite exiles. Strangely enough, they fought for King George in 1775 during the Revolution, fighting at Moore’s Creek with targe and claymore against the musket carrying Patriot militia, and again were defeated. Flora lost her NC estates and returned to Scotland.

[@alexmag342]

"patriotic militia" lmao, you mean foreign mercenaries paid for by the banks, the bank who puppeteered and still do the masons that americans have been indoctrinated to call "founding fathers" which the colonists didn't support

[@procyon6370]

Patriot, not patriotic idiot.

[@suepedie1]

I learned that from Outlander!😁

[@anonyoutuber1234]

For people in Eastern North Carolina it is not unknown, look up Flora MacDonald/Highlander Academy in Red Springs, NC. In The Southeastern part of the state, especially the Sandhills, there is a very large population of families with Scottish ancestry. I know multiple people with the last name Campbell, Stewart/Stuart and O Neill. One of our counties is literally called "Scotland County," and there is a huge Scottish flag raised when you enter the county line on the highway. Campbell's company soup factory is located in that county.

[@oscarbenfield1663]

this is cause George III father, even tho he was a Anglician was a firm Jacobite supporter, and supported a anglo church similar to what Charles I and II wanted

[@barbiemwawughanga1877]

I sang this song long time ago when I was child in school.i still sing it to my kids but I only remember the chorus.i love this song though I'm not Scottish.

[@Night.Stalker1993]

House of Stuart the rightfull kings of England and Scotland!

[@joshleggett6815]

This is a beautiful song, to my Scottish heritage.

[@nicolea2839]

Aye! I have some Scottish heritage

[@pelagie7518]

beautiful song. Magnifique

[@pallomagc]

Thanks for this video! 💕

[@fossilsue]

This was played on bagpipes during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession. Very special.

[@augustinepinnock7740]

Somewhat ironic, I thought at the time.

[@Dryhten1801]

@@augustinepinnock7740 The current royal family seem to admire the Stuarts a lot ironically

[@kirstenellin]

Old favourite song so well performed!!

[@LueYee]

To the king over the water!

[@christiancristof491]

*o'er

[@rachdarastrix5251]

It takes practice to learn Scottish.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

@@christiancristof491, give him a break mate, he's obviously Asian.

[@odinfromcentr2]

Slàinte mhaith!

[@cazique]

Aye, may that bonnie lad come again ere we lose Britain & its people forever.

[@patricialeslie5824]

I love this song it brakes my heart

[@PeterAByrne]

Well, that'll put a stop to it, won't it! You mean "breaks".

[@alexstewart4677]

Long live Bonnie prince Charlie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@allaprimalady]

great song and wonderful art to go with it!

[@rinalore]

This is how our Eastern Provinces sing & play in the local bars? I'm amazed at the Celtic similarities. I am so looking forward, to the Post-Pandemic Era. Scotland's on my bucket-list. You are my Ancestors. 🇨🇦✌🏻🎶🎸❤️🇬🇧✨🌎💫

[@simonidastankovic2627]

BRAVO !!!

[@lordborgo9483]

Splendide !

[@JacobSnell1998]

The Bonnie Prince will return again, as surely as Christ shall.

[@mcaddicts]

Charles the bonnie prince. Was the true King of Scotland.

[@Kerys23a]

I'm not Scottish but I am a Jacobite and pray for the peaceful return of the true monarchs.

[@tomtaylor5501]

There are many of us who await the return of the true faith and our rightful monarch. God Save Franz, Duke of Bavaria. James II, Servant of God, Pray for Us.

[@Kerys23a]

@@tomtaylor5501 Whenever I hear people mention elizabeth being German I always say the problem isn't that she's German but she is the wrong German as you mention HH Franz Duke of Bavaria is England, Scotland and Ireland's rightful monarch.

[@JoseLopez-hs3yw]

@@tomtaylor5501 Have you thought on the ilegimited sons of the Stuarts?, they're the Duks of Alba in Spain.

[@francojavierfazio9670]

@@JoseLopez-hs3yw increible... encima ese ducado justo se llama Alba.

[@JoseLopez-hs3yw]

@@francojavierfazio9670 Síii, y se apellidan Fitz-James, o hijos de Jaime (Jacobo).

[@michealcurrie8272]

Every Scotsman/woman loves their country its not nationlistic, you just have to see it to believe it. An other song that could be a national anthem. Hauntingly beautiful tune.

[@Bellg]

Nothing wrong with nationalism by itself

[@Thatsgay123]

God loves the nations. That’s real diversity

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

How the world could have been different.

[@graysongoodman7300]

This is way better than Outlander’s version.

[@qianfan9854]

2:07 Only me noticed how he pronounces R in such a beautiful, vibrating way?

[@herbertlewis8442]

Rolling R

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

blessed be

[@paddy1861]

Lyrics written in 1884 by Sir Harold Boulton, music probably older ...

[@canwallace558]

Great song

[@tomboyce9248]

I’m singing this for an exam

[@wilmanuts9954]

Did you pass?

[@papabless3562]

I’ve been listening to Alex Beaton and his rendition since I was a wee child but hearing this really struck a cord. Beautifully sung.

[@scottfotheringham2630]

WOW!

[@Kerys23a]

I'm grateful to G-d for allowing the Bonnie Prince the chance to flee to fight another day.

[@PeterAByrne]

Sadly, he didn't.

[@t.mac_k]

And a convert to Judaism as well? You would've been thrown into a bog you s0d0m¡te Chr¡st-k¡ller.

[@t.mac_k]

You would've been thrown into a bog by the Jacobites themselves.

[@subliutenant]

On the mural above the folk in the water, are the lyric's: "Closer to Skye, who's friend or foe, Who here might take him in, Gunshot's ring out, On they must go, Turn to the sea again". Does anyone know where these lyrics come from?

[@helenparker3540]

We learned this in choir at school. When the choir master told us the story behind it we were like "what? They wanted to kill a baby!" Still, its a beautiful song.

[@timpenfield5]

Scotland, not Scottish, never been there, but, well, in my heart. Maybe ,I just love a cloudy warm day

[@moscoweagle2846]

I love 18th Century music much peaceful then modern music

[@anikatasnim6001]

I love everything about 18th century

[@carmensmith4394]

Indeed I am.

[@TinyGalore]

[@user-zd2uf4bg9i]

Alba gu Brath!

[@qianfan9854]

3:30 What a beautiful painting! I was so deeply moved!

[@iankogneeto4882]

We Scots have a tendency to rrrrroll our 'R's. :-)

[@lysannnobst9110]

I❤Scotland

[@melisamaurino2173]

This is the real deal. Thank you

[@anke8402]

Spoiler Alert Charlie never comes back

[@anke8402]

@@tandemtriumphans9747 👍👍👍👍

[@dvrn86]

Supposedly given refuge by Clan Nicolson before he took flight again.

[@SG_EditZ23]

My grandma used to sing this too me when I was tiny 😌

[@KevTheImpaler]

One thing I never realised until I went there was that the boat went from the Outer Hebrides (South Uist I think) to Skye. I would have thought it would be the other way.

[@HLLTAF]

0:55

[@comesahorseman]

👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@NellieKAdaba]

💯

[@thebullfrog9416]

Outlander

[@kR-mj4gn]

😥😥

[@forestrandal6354]

The prophecy may yet still be fulfilled

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

The third in line to the throne of Lichtenstein?

[@forestrandal6354]

Nae, a lad will come home to Scotland and deliver her people to freedom

[@valentinlopezrodiguez136]

Alastor😮

[@simonidastankovic2627]

МОЛОДЕЦ АЛИСТЕР !!!!

[@andyi7297]

the outlander brought me here

[@stlouisix3]

Sad.

[@blancameyer5747]

I am not scottish at all, But oh, How I love Scotland and it's history. This video is priceless describing the battle of Culloden

[@lisakeller-fawcett2951]

Does anyone know where the artwork is from?

[@federicocallini9652]

Listen "crua chan" by sumo, from Argentina

[@wilmanuts9954]

I’m an English Jacobite

[@StarsBarsAndCheese]

I'm an American Jacobite.

[@kunigundejagiello7856]

🇵🇱🇵🇱❣

[@scottsmith4145]

As someone with scottish blood also,,,,,Is it just me or doesn't this songs story seem about a cowardly act by the Prince instead of a heroic act? Honor for Scotts i supposed was about a warrior spirit and fighting to the death on the battlefield not running away. Think about the Spartans for example at Thermopylae even though greatly out numbered,,, it was honor to die fighting and never retreat or surrender. I don't know perhaps the scotts fighting style was more guerilla tactics...this is the best version of this song though. Thanks for the upload.

[@fyrdman2185]

Amerimutt moment

[@Ksavero777.]

Is the instrument a laud?

[@jaymiester5892]

The country that could have been, no we are foot to throat by English & foreign rulers. Proud to be Scottish yes but also now ashamed.

[@petermcmillan6373]

My Jacobite ancestors were banished to Canada and later found their way to the USA. Awful shame to see what has become of Scotland. And now this new First Minister, I understand why the Scottish government refused to consider my repeated inquiries requesting blood line dual citizenship for Diaspora Scots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_MacMillan

[@sandyjakum7639]

Why does it say "the lad that's born to be king" when he wasn't on that mission.

[@petermcmillan6373]

Point well-made but I wager the mission to restore his father inevitably morphed into his lost claim to the throne as he was the one who actually undertook the effort.

[@lisakeller-fawcett2951]

Sounds like Outlander used this tune for the opening credits.

[@Valnuss]

yeah but they changed the lyrics

[@NarnianQueen89]

@@Valnuss This is the same song but with Robert Louis Stevenson's lyrics and words lad was changed to lass.

[@NessieAndrew]

I don't know the context, but it's a pretty good song.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

It's about Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape to the Isle of Skye. His grandfather King James II had been chased off the throne in 1688 when a rebellious parliament paid his army to abandon him on the battle field. His son Prince James (who was by right King James III) tried to reclaim the throne in 1715 but failed. In 1745 Prince Charles (who was by right King Charles III) tried again to reclaim the throne from his distant German cousins who had usurped it. He took the whole of Scotland and some of England's north. If memory serves me rightly he was only around 140 miles from London (but check that). Then his generals advised him to fall back and consolidate but a trap had been set for them at Culloden. His men were slaughtered and he had to flee. Eventually he made it to Scotland's north but enemy soldiers were looking for him with orders to bring him to London for execution. A young lass named Flora tricked the soldiers into letting her travel to the Isle of Skye at night with her "maid", only she didn't really have a maid. The "maid" was the Prince in disguise. Thus she saved his life.

[@Bellg]

@Britannia "the people" ... As if it was a choice made by "the people". And besides that, what people? the English? Guess the Scots, Welsh and Irish don't count as part of "the People"