My own version of the Skye Boat Song (traditional Scottish) with the lyrics as written by Bear McCreary for Outlander's opening titles. Recorded on my PC with SmartMusic software.
I'm having an issue with recording - only records the voice on one channel (left) - I will repost when I have figured out how to fix it.

Skye Boat Song - Outlander Starz opening titles version

Heather Batey, soprano, and Joan Scott Lowe, Celtic Harp perform "An Eriskay Love Lilt" -  a traditional Scottish folk song

An Eriskay Love Lilt

The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes, by Ben Moore, poem by William Butler Yeats.  The music I have is in E flat, but I like it better in my voice in G flat.

'What do you make so fair and bright?'
'I make the cloak of Sorrow:
O lovely to see in all men's sight
Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,
In all men's sight.'

'What do you build with sails for flight?'
'I build a boat for Sorrow:
O swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover Sorrow,
All day and night.'

What do you weave with wool so white?'
'I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
Soundless shall be the footfall light
In all men's ears of Sorrow,
Sudden and light.'

The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes (Ben Moore)

The Salley Gardens, traditional Irish folksong, arr. Benjamin Britten. Poem by William Butler Yeats

Got a bit too soft at the end, but I'm too tired to re-record it tonight.

TEXT:
Down by the salley gardens
   my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens
   with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
   as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish,
   with her would not agree.

In a field by the river
   my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder
   she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy,
   as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish,
   and now am full of tears.

The Salley Gardens (Arr. Britten)

Arise, My Love and Come Away - Hayes - September 27, 2015 9:12:14 AM

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Heather Batey, soprano

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