Twas many a many a year ago
In Killarny, near the sea,
That a Scot sang so sweet
So neat and complete
A Skye boat song new to me.
And I asked from whence came this song so sad
And how came this song to be?

And he replied that this was the song
From which grew the song I ken:
That, in Skye, he sang
In a voice that rang
This tune much older again.
And I wish that I could remember well
That song, and had noted it then.

sian