Mingalay Boat Song
Hymnal Index | Ship's Company Website
Scott Robinson
CHORUS:
Hail ya ho boys, let her go boys
Bring her head 'round into the weather
Hail ya ho boys, let her go boys
Sailing homeward to Mingalay
What care we how wild the minch is
What care we for windy weather
Hail ya ho boys, every inch is
Sailing closer to Mingalay
Wives and sweethearts on the hillside
Looking seaward through the heather
Let her go boys, and we'll anchor
'Ere the sun sets on Mingalay
When the wind is wild with shouting
And the waves mount ever higher
Anxious eyes turn ever seaward
To see us home, boys, to Mingalay
Sye or Lewis, Mull or Uhist
Tyree, Kull or Vattersea
None can call us like our island
Our own dear isle of Mingalay
Longer, longer shall I tarry
Where our hearts are both blithe and merry
Turn her round, boys, and she'll carry
Heart to hearth, home and Mingalay