Mingulay Boat Song

[00:01.91] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys!
[00:04.97] Bring her head round into the weather!
[00:09.92] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys,
[00:14.92] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[00:21.04] What care we how white the Minch is?
[00:26.06] What care we for the wind and weather?
[00:31.07] Let her go, boys, every inch is
[00:36.20] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[00:41.18] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys!
[00:46.12] Bring her head round into the weather!
[00:52.12] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys,
[00:57.18] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[01:02.28] Wives are waitin' by the pier head
[01:07.30] Or looking seaward (oh) from the heather.
[01:12.30] Bring her head 'round, then you'll anchor
[01:17.36] Ere the sun sets on Mingulay!
[01:22.43] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys!
[01:28.36] Bring her head round into the weather!
[01:32.42] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys,
[01:38.45] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[01:43.35] Sun comes low now by the yard, boys,
[01:48.48] Right the clouds are to the westward.
[01:54.47] Songs of home fly in the wind, boys,
[01:59.46] Flyin' homeward to Mingulay!
[02:04.57] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys!
[02:09.56] Bring her head round into the weather!
[02:14.62] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys,
[02:19.62] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[02:25.66] Ships return now, heavy-laden,
[02:30.75] Mothers holdin' their bairns a-cryin'
[02:35.78] We'll return, though, ere the sun sets.
[02:40.85] We'll return to Mingulay!
[02:45.89] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys!
[02:50.82] Bring her head round into the weather!
[02:55.98] Heel ya ho, boys! Let her go, boys,
[03:01.93] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
[03:06.98] Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
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