Mingulay Boat song

D A D

Heel-a-ho boys, let her go boys.

A D G A

Swing her head 'round and go together.

D A D

Heel-a-ho boys, and we like her

A G A D

as the sun sets on Mingulay.

Not a wave in straights and narrows

White her shoulders, cresting seafoam,

Out by Uist, and by Lewis

As the sun sets on Mingulay

Heel-a-ho boys, let her go boys...

Wives are waiting by the harbour

Wives been waiting since break o’day-o

Wives been waiting by the harbour

Till the sun sets on Mingulay

Heel-a-ho boys, let her go boys...

What care we how white the Minch is

What care we for wind or weather

Let her go boys, every inch is

Wearing home home to Mingulay

||: Heel-a-ho boys, let her go boys... :||

Mingulay er den næstsidste af øerne i Hebriderne.

The Pure Malt Songbook

David Fønsbo

2005-01-23T13:49:01