Mingulay Boat Song    (video)

 

    E ~ ~

 

   B7       E

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys,

                   B7                             A

swing her head round and all together !

   B7      E

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys,

             B7                          A      - E

sailing homeward to Mingulay !

 

                       E                  B7          E

1. What care we though white the minch is ?

                       E        B7          E    B7

    What care we for wind or weather ?

                       E                B7     E

    Swing her head round, every inch is,

                 E                   B7     E

    sailing homeward to Mingulay.

 

                       E        B7         E

2. Wives are waiting by the quayside,

                            E                    B7        E  B7

    they've been waiting since break of day-o.

                       E                B7           E

    Swing her head round, and we’ll anchor

                   E                B7     E

    ere the sun sets on Mingulay.

 

                      E         B7             E

3. When the wind is wild and shouting,

                   E                  B7    E   B7

    and the waves mount ever higher,

                   E             B7     E

    anxious eyes turn ever seaward

                      E                     B7     E

    to see us home, boys, to Mingulay.     + CHORUS  (2x)

 

    (The Corries)