The McCalmans

The Mingulay Boat Song

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    Heel ya ho boys, let her go boys 
    Swing her head 'round, and all together, 
    Heel ya ho boys, and we'll anchor 
    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 

   Chorus

Wives are waiting by the harbour, 
They' ve been waiting, since break of day boys, 
They' ve been waiting for their loved one, 
As the sun sets on Mingulay 

   Chorus

What care we though  wild the minch is, 
What care we for wind or weather, 
Hail ya ho boys, and we'll anchor 
As the sun sets on Mingulay. 


   Chorus

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8th December 1999