Mingulay Boat Song
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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
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sailing homeward to Mingulay !
E B7 E
1. What care we though white the minch is ?
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B7
E B7
What care we for wind or weather ?
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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
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B7 E
‘ere
the sun sets on Mingulay.
E B7
E
3. When the wind is wild and shouting,
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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)