Outlander theme tune: The fascinating story of how the Skye Boat Song came to be on the hit show

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It's a tune that will be instantly recognisable to any true fan of one of the world's most popular TV shows. But just how did the showrunners come to choose the Skye Boat Song for the theme to Outlander?

One of Scotland's most famous traditional songs, the story of how it came to be chosen by showrunner Ronald D. Moore is no less fascinating than that of the flamboyant historical character it was originally written about.The original lyrics were written by Englishman Sir Harold Boulton in 1870 to a song collected by Scottish trad musician Anne Campbelle MacLeod.The words tell the tale of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's journey as he fled the field of Culloden in 1746 where his Jacobite army had just been routed by Government forces - another