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The Skye Boat Song" (Roud 3772) is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh ("Cuckoo of the Tree"). [1] In the original song, the composer laments to a cuckoo that his unrequited love , Lady Marion Ross, is rejecting him.
Harold Boulton in 1918. Sir Harold Edwin Boulton, 2nd Baronet, CVO, CBE, JP (7 August 1859 [1] – 1 June 1935), son of Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton, 1st Baronet of Copped Hall, born in Charlton then part of Kent, was an English baronet, songwriter, and philanthropist, most famously author of the lyrics to the "Skye Boat Song".
"The Skye Boat Song" is a Scottish folk song, which can also be played as a waltz, recalling the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. "Come O'er the Stream Charlie" is a Scottish song whose theme is the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of ...
The Sweetheart Tree is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records on September 30, 1965, [1] and included songs associated with Italy ("Arrivederci Roma"), France ("Clopin Clopant"), Ireland ("Danny Boy"), and Scotland ("The Skye Boat Song") as well as several selections, such as "I'll Close My Eyes" and "The Very Thought of You", from English composers.
Verses from Sir Walter Scott's 1810 narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, including "The Boat Song" ("Hail to the Chief") with which clan oarsmen announce the arrival by boat of their chieftain Roderick Dhu at Ellen's Isle in Loch Katrine, were set to music around 1812 by the songwriter James Sanderson (c. 1769 – c. 1841); a self-taught English violinist and the conductor of the Surrey ...
In February 2023, O'Connor shared a version of "The Skye Boat Song", a 19th-century Scottish adaptation of a 1782 Gaelic song, which is also the theme for the fantasy drama series Outlander. [119] The following month she was awarded the inaugural Choice Music Prize Classic Irish Album by the Irish broadcaster RTÉ for her 1990 album I Do Not ...
Skye Boat Song / Skye Boat Song (instr.) 3 1976 May (No PS) Rod Stewart: Tonight's the Night / The Ball Trap 4 1976 Aug (No PS) Rod Stewart: The Killing of Georgie Parts 1 & 2 / Fool For You 5 ? (No PS) Frankie Laine / Lou Reizner & Will Malone: Maxwell's Silver Hammer / You Never Give Me Your Money 6 1976 Dec (No PS) Rod Stewart: Get Back ...
The "Mingulay Boat Song" is a song written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s. The melody is described in Roberton's Songs of the Isles as a traditional Gaelic tune, probably titled "Lochaber". [1] The tune was part of an old Gaelic song, "Òran na Comhachaig" (the 'Creag Ghuanach' portion); from Brae Lochaber.