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Bagpipe Lessons for The Skye Boat SongThe Skye Boat Song is derived from the song which was partly an old sea shanty with the addition of the second part attributed to Annie MacLeod about 1884. The romantic song commemorates the departure of Bonnie Prince Charlie, after his defeat by the Government forces 1746, from the Scottish mainland by boat to the Isle of Skye and hence to exile in France.
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