Harold Boulton

thumb| Sir Harold Edwin Boulton, 2nd Baronet, CVO, CBE, JP (7 August 1859 – 1 June 1935) was an English songwriter, and philanthropist, most famously author of the lyrics to the "Skye Boat Song". Quotes 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. "Skye Boat Song", st. 1, in Songs of the North (1884) Burned are our homes, exile and death,    Scattered the loyal men. Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath,    Charlie will come again. "Skye Boat Song", st. 5, in Songs of the North (1884) When Adam and Eve were dispossessed    Of the garden hard by Heaven, They planted another one down in the west,    ’Twas Devon, glorious Devon! "Glorious Devon", st. 2, in Lyrics, and Other Poems (1902) External links Category:1859 births Category:1935 deaths Category:Songwriters from England Category:University of Oxford alumni