The Outlander Theme Song Gets an American Makeover

Outlander has one of those theme songs that you just can’t help but hum along with, and as Claire and Jamie make a new life in North Carolina in season four, the title sequence is taking on a different flavor. Much like the French variation in season two, "The Skye Boat Song" now sounds decidedly more American.

The new theme was revealed earlier today at Comic Con. Composer Bear McCreary also shared the Appalachian-inspired tune on Twitter with the caption "Notice anything different?"

What is the Outlander theme song?

The Starz time-travelling fantasy, that chronicles the adventures of Highland cattle poacher Jamie Fraser and World War II nurse Claire Randall, opens with a stirring arrangement of Scotland's famous Skye Boat Song.
The soaring melody perfectly ties in Scotland's dramatic history, bringing to mind a cornerstone of the Jacobite era - the tale of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Played as a waltz, the original folk song is about the escape of Charles Stuart from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 - and has since become something of a national legend.
Meanwhile the Outlander arrangement has a new set of lyrics, referencing how Claire Randall travels 200 years back in time.
The lyrics are a rewrite of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (1892) to fit the story- and fans have been praising it on Twitter.

 Outlander Theme Song:-

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

Mull was astern, Rum on the port
Eigg on the starboard bow:
Glory of youth glowed in her soul:
Where is that glory now?

Sing me a song of the lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye.

Give me again all that was there
Give me the sun that shone
Give me the eyes, give me the soul
Give me the lass that's gone.

Sing me a song of the lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye.

Billow and breeze, islands and seas
Mountains of rain and sun
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was me is gone.
Sing me a song of the lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye.