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Thread #118175 Message #2552649
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
30-Jan-09 - 04:34 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone
Stevenson's text is quoted here at
Skye Boat Song 2001-2007. Discussion including Stevenson's words, the tune and some debate on its ancestry, various additional words set to it including parodies.
OVER THE SEA TO SKYE (VARIANT) DT file.
Syke Boat Confusion 2006 discussion, including details of how Stevenson came to write his set of words specifically to the existing tune.
Any variation in the melody is probably a recent innovation; you may just have to learn it from that YouTube clip if you want to use it.