Skye Boat Song - Outlander Theme Song - Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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Trad. Scottish tune Cuachag nan Craobh collected by Anne Campbelle MacLeod
Lyrics by Sir Harold Boulton
Arrangement by Desmond Earley
Glenn Murphy (tenor)
UCD Choral Scholars 2013-2014
Desmond Earley (conductor)
Matthew Leigh (director)
Kevin Whyms (sound)
Emmet Reddy (editor)
Recorded in UCD Fitzgerald Chamber, UCD Student Centre in February 2014.
This video ⓒ and ⓟ Desmond Earley 2014.
Choir: Emily Doyle, Glenn Murphy, Audrey Keogan, Sarah Thursfield, Niamh McCullough, Aoife Heeney, Sorcha kinder, Gráinne O'Hogan, Abby Molloy, Clara Leahy, Justin Neville, Mark Waters, Eoin Falconer, Óisin Ó Callaghan, Oisín Friel, Jimmy Billings, Ryan Hitchcock, Diarmuid Sugrue, James Ahearn, Emlyn Farrell, John Fallows.
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This is skye boat song, original from the poem, not actually the Outlander version.. just to be clear on this.. Apart, the performance is GREAT, amzing harmony.
Thank god that's sorted
so, the better version.
Thank God! I think it deserves the respect of a song developed by people who were willing to give their lives for an ungrateful prince and I prefer not to be reminded of a soft porn tv show every time I hear this
@@aguy6771naw
I didn’t click on the video when I saw Outlander theme. As it is the original version I clicked.
Beautiful rendition of this old favourite, which tells the story of prince Charles Edward Stuarts escape from the Scottish mainland, to the Isle of Skye in the Hebrides. After his Jacobite army was crushingly defeated at Culloden Moor Charles fled into the Scottish highlands where he was sheltered by clansmen, none of whom betrayed him in spite of the threat of death and a reward of 30,000 pounds.He was aided by Flora MacDonald, who disguised him as her serving maid. He subsequently escaped to France became a bitter and broken alcoholic and died in Rome. Flora MacDonald was arrested and held in the Tower of London, but was later released in a general amnesty. She later married, emigrated to North Carolina, but returned to Scotland where she died.
Thank you for all this pertinent info. Do you know that a town in Virginia, USA, bears your family name?
So glad someone is putting the real history out there for any one who is actually interested
Jim McLean please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi
Many Irish fought in the battle on both sides mostly for the Bonny prince
Thank you for the information.÷))
In this time of shrill crazy voices screaming filth on the trash filled streets, it is indeed a Blessing to listen to the harmony of this group of delightful youngsters. Well done.
that guys voice is amazing
Yes!!!
Who is he??
Jeffrey St.Charles if I’m not mistaken he was one of two guys who did Adele’s medley on RUclips and got invited on one of her shows.
glenn murphy
My brother sang the lead in the song about 70 years ago in a concert in New Brunswick, Canada.
This song makes me feel proud of being Scottish... I am mexican
Same (': i'm algerian
@@yafa.5 so am I 😂
Bless you all.
Another Mexican here
@@snoopygonewilder compas 😔👍
I believed that I was of Scottish origin most of my life until the TRUTH ruled out. I am Irish but I can't deny that I love all things Scottish, Irish and Celtic. My heart swells to the sound of the pipes and my palate loves a good single malt!
Research bit more Northern Ireland and the eastern isles of Scotland sailed back and forth for centuries
The guys are talented, the girls are talented and very beautiful. Every single one. Thank you 🥰
I am just blown away every time I listen to this. Thank you for sharing such wonderful music
+Ron Johnson Ron, Thanks so much. This track is available on pre-release now on our new CD 'Invisible Stars' - itun.es/i6SR2p8 #iTunes
@@UCDPerformingGroups Is it on Amazon?
I simply can't stop listening to this. It feeds my spirit. I love watching the dedicated and talented singers. The two leads are superb. Such a moving song with a brilliant arrangement. Whenever I hear the popular trash that passes for music these days, I play this lovely choir. Thank you!
What a stunning voice with a flawless accompaniment .
Another gift from these wonderful singers and their director. Such beauty and talent. Awesome.
chorus:
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 winds howl
loud the waves roar
Thunderclaps rend the air
Baffled our foes
stand by the shore
Follow they will not dare
chorus
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
chorus
Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field
chorus
Thank-you.
Thank you for posting this - Here is the 4th verse:
Burned are their homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men;
Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again.
Wonderful!
@@dhenschel4 never heard that part before. Have I just been listening to basically abridged versions?
Thank you
Great arrangement and perfectly sung !
What an angelic voice. The hairs in my neck are stand straight up!!!! AMAZING!
My fathers grandfather (Malcom MacPherson) was the official piper to Clan Chief Cluny MacPherson. He was a direct lineage of pipers to the Clan Chief going back to the 1745 Culloden. Also have learned recently through document search and DNA that my fathers people come from Spey Valley, Skye, Argylle, Mull and the Shetlands. Ive always liked this song, but now it is more special as I know my blood connection to the '45 events.
Any relation to the last name Piper?
Awesome. The closer one can get to that history, the better.
This is a heck of a good voice arrangement! Gosh, congrats to the singers and to Desmond Earley for the rearrangement.
When I was young, my nan would play this on the piano and I would sing it...still brings beautiful memories...
Geesh...the lead has such a strong voice.
Something tells me Glen Murphy has a bright future, wow.
Really neat that outlander was able to incorporate their own theme into this song so well. My favorite intro to any show!
Hell on wheels was good too
Jones Family Farms Narcos. Never skipped the opening credits just to hear the song.
This is because an “Outlander version” doesn’t actually exist. The lyrics Outlander serie used as the opening theme are a version of the Skye Boat Song wrote by Robert Louis Stevenson. The words are mean to to be sung by the Prince himself: “sing me a song of a lad that is gone, say, could that lad be I?” Outlander simply changed the “lad” with “lass”. That’s why the song is beautiful: it wasn’t invented by the Outlander people. And that’s why the song doesn’t fit with Claire’s story.
@Kevin yessir, outlander did a very good job incorporating the song into their show though. I thought it fit well
@@chiaraavianibarbacci4195 that’s what I was saying, I love that outlander Incorporated a historical song into their intro. It’s beautiful and something I would’ve never heard prior to watching the show!
Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the books, based them on the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the subsequent Highland Clearances. Therefore Outlander didn’t incorporate their theme into the story, this is the story!
His voice is just perfect, hell all their voices are perfect
I love this song even more now. Thanks for singing the original
Just discovered this, have always loved this song, but this arrangement is wonderful. well done to all involved.
wonderful voices, especially the tenor! Beautiful!
This is overwhelmingly beautiful. Wow.
Marvelous!!! Thank you, from America ! 💖
That lead singer could bring a tear to a Saints eye. Laddie, you are magnificent!
I find that all the tunes done by this magnificent, gathering of harmonic voices, is something of the most magnificent that has ever reached my ears.
Fills me with a certain harmony, that I have not had in a long time, making me feel inspired and filled with energy to do anything I set my mind to.
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent, voices and passion with me and the rest of the world.
Many greetings from Norway!
Sure we are wrong but the tenor's voice recalls the great Frank Patterson. Not forgetting the wonderful female voice that accompanies it.
The majority of renditions I've heard of this song have mainly tenor but I love to hear the great bass mixed in as you have here.
I agree! The various colours are wonderful.
Couldn't be more impressive! This is performed perfectly. You did a great job here everyone!!
What a hauntingly beautiful rendition. This has touched my soul!
The Irish tenor is alive and well........
Glenn Murphy - he's amazing!
I was thinking the same thing. 🤓
Amazing... love it sooooo much...takes me to my beloved Scotland...
The tenor received a lot of help from the soprano, Emily
Doyle. She was great. You can hear her in “Black is the Color of My
True Love’s Hair.” Her voice in this later recorded song was
past great - fantastic.
I found this group by accident and am absolutely loving them. Such beautiful voices!!!
Beautiful. My spine was tingling.
I have the album but I really like to see Glenn (fabulous voice) and Emily as they sing. Emily has a beautiful voice and I hope she continued in the music field after she graduated.
Absolutely superb.
I am 50% Scottish and it makes me very proud. I have been to the Fatherland 3 times. Beautiful country and the people are great. thanks for sharing the video.
9 years later, I enjoyed it again! Just fabulous!
it is not the theme to Outlander this the Skye Boat Song.. Outlander uses the music with words by Bear MacCreary which are a rewrite of RL Stevenson poem.
Played as a waltz, the original folk song is about the escape of Charles Stuart from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 - and has since become something of a national legend.
Meanwhile the Outlander arrangement has a new set of lyrics, referencing how Claire Randall travels 200 years back in time.
The lyrics are a rewrite by Bear McCreary of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (1892) to fit the story-
Love the main voice all the way through the song; and many more too
Outstanding!
That first note hit... subscribed
So beautiful. Proud of my Gaelic roots
Heartbreakingly beautiful.
Voices of angels
Really, really beautiful.
That tenor!!! Swoonworthy tones!!
That voice makes you fall in love the whole choir does
Very impressive. Beautiful arrangement and excelent performance. Soul touching.
Thank you so much.
SCOTLAND!!!! THE LAND OF MY FOREFATHERS!!! 🏴🏴🏴
Just beautiful
So beautiful.
I listen to this on my daily morning commute in Silicon Valley...makes my heart crave moving over to Scotland!!!!
❤️🌎
Just beautiful. Beautiful.
+Benjamin Atkinson Thanks Benjamin, This track is available on pre-release now on our new CD 'Invisible Stars' - itun.es/i6SR2p8 #iTunes
Just sublime!
So beautifully done, it brought tears to my eyes.
So lovely... Touches my heart and soul.☮️
The song commemorates the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie by boat to the Isle of Skye after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1747. There were 2 French regiments that fought at Culloden with the Jacobites, one of them was the Irish Piquets comprised of exiled Irish. Fascinating history.
Love the music and series
Amazing voices
Beautiful.
Wow! Blown away. Beautiful. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Amo essa música, essa harmonia, linda!!!
Beautiful! You all sing like angels. Such wonderful harmonies and the solos were outstanding.
I would love to hear more from this chorus.
BEAUTIFUL
Absolutely beautiful! I'm just delving into my Scottish ancestry but this song makes me feel at home 🤍💙
Male lead singer , you have the voice and the charm of a high broadway star 💫! You WILL go far as a bright and shining shooting star! Shoot for the best! You are a brilliant band beautiful voice! God blessed you!
Beautiful! Such talent
THAT was amazing !!! So much talent & direction!! Thank you ♥️
Immediately goosebumps
WOW WOW WOW! WHat a voice that Lad has! Lovely choir!
Such talented young people! Well done!!
Beautiful!!! ❤️
Gorgeous song, beautifully sung! Brings my part Irish-Scottish American blood out in me, here since 1721, one of them wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, clan McGaffey married into the famous Wallace clan! The McGaffeys fought in the battle of Culloden, originally spelled McAfee from Aberdeen! Thank you~
Thank you to the University and choral students for sharing this. I sang in a cappella choirs in school many, many years ago and love to hear the raw voices. The arrangement is hauntingly lovely, the voices just the right bit melancholy. I've heard many versions of the song. This is better than most of those by seasoned professionals. I'm an American of Scots-Irish descent, or as my grandfather used to say, Ulster Scots. And yes, the Outlander book series and show raised my interest in my Scottish heritage once again. The more I study the Jacobites, the uprising and their attempts to set Edward Stuart on the throne, the easier it is to see how badly the entire thing was destined to fail, making the Bonnie Prince a very tragic figure indeed. It was almost as doomed as that of his ancestor Mary I Stuart.
However, I also hate how my English ancestors tried to decimate the Highland culture over the following years, even though my Scottish ancestors were lowlanders. They migrated to Ireland for work and food but due to constant religious conflicts and tough times moved to the mountains of East Tennessee and North Carolina in the early 1800's I like to think that it is my Irish and Scottish sides that helped develop the styles of mountain music and dancing that we think of as BLUEGRASS and CLOGGING today. That's another long story but if you have never compared Folk music and dancing between Ireland, Scotland and the Appalachian Mountain folks, I urge you to check it out. My father said the BANJO is actually a string version of the BAGPIPES, including the drone note. FYI.
Beautiful
This speaks to my Scottish soul...love my heritage
Merci pour ces voix qui réchauffent le cœur.
How BEAUTIFUL!
Un moment d'une totale beauté. Merci.
Wow! Your voices are stunning, What a beautiful rendition of this song, so filled with history.
a song from heaven
Beautiful!!
Absolutely beautiful ...so deeply moving.❤️
How beautiful.. gave me goosebumps
Fantastic, thanks
Yup..I've got chills all over my body,and I'm a big fan of Outlander😌😌
Gorgeous!
I have always loved this song!
It is so fantastic music with this coir
Simply STUNNING. Keep up the great work! 👏👏👏
Perfectly rendered
What a nice and touching version!
Greatfull and beautyfull
Magnifique chant traditionnel Ecossais ! Vous m'avez profondément ému !!
just so good...my gran would be proud