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Harold Boulton
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“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.”
Harold Boulton (1859–1935) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Harold Boulton (1859–1935) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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!”
Harold Boulton (1859–1935) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Glorious Devon", st. 2, in Lyrics, and Other Poems (1902)
Also quoted by: Edward German (misattributed)