Mingulay Boat Song Lyrics

What care we how white the spray is?
What care we for wind or weather?
Let her go boys; every inch is
Bearing home, home to Mingulay.
[Chorus:]
Heel yo ho, boys; let her go, boys;
Heave her head round, into the weather,
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

Set your eyes on the sun horizon
Gulls and doves fill the sky with feather
Cut her loose boys, for the horizon
We'll be home soon in Mingulay
[Chorus]

Wives are waitin', on the bank for
Looking seaward from the heather;
Turn around, boys, and you'll anchor
Where the sun sets on Mingulay.
[Chorus]

Wives are waitin', anticipatin'
For the end of our adventures
Don't you cry girls, we're returnin'
To the shores of Mingulay

[Chorus x2]

(slower)Sailing homeward to Mingulay