Mingulay Boat Song
What care we how wild the minch is
What care we for the windy weather
Hail ya ho boys, every inch is
Sailing closer to Mingalay
Chorus:
Hail ya ho boys, let her go boys
Bring her head ‘round, in to the weather
Hail ya ho boys, let her go boys
Sailing homeward to Mingalay
Wives and sweethearts on the hillside
Looking seaward through the heather
Let her go boys, and we’ll anchor
‘Ere the sun sets on Mingalay
Chorus
When the wind is wild with shouting
And the waves climb ever higher
Anxious eyes turn ever seaward
To see us home, boys, to Mingalay
Chorus
Sailing homeward to Mingalay
Sailing homeward to Mingalay
