Mingulay Boat Song
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Hill you ho, boys, let her go boys;
Bring her head round, now all together
Hill you ho, boys, let her go boys
Sailing home, home to Mingulay
What care we how white the Minch is?
What care we for wind and weather?
Let her go boys; every inch is
Wearing home, home to Mingulay.
Wives are waiting on the bank
Or looking seaward, from the heather;
Pull her round, boys, and we'll anchor
'Ere the sun sets at Mingulay.
Sun comes low now by the yard, boys
Ripe the clouds are, tether westward
Song of home fly in the wind, boys
Flying homeward to Mingulay
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