Tom: C
Introdução:
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Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing,
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"Onward!" the sailors cry.
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Carry the lad that`s born to be King
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over the sea to Skye.
verse 1
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Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, thunderclaps rend the air.
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Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare.
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Through the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, ocean`s a royal bed.
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Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head.
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Many`s the lad, fought on that day, well the claymore could wield.
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When the night came, silently lay, dead on Culloden`s field.
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Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men.
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Yet, o`er the sword, cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again.
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