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Mingulay Boat Song

by Canberra Shanty Club

on A Drop of Nelson`s Blood (2012)

[Chorus]
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather.
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Sailing homewards to Mingulay.

[Verse 1]
What care we though white the minch is?
What care we for the wind or weather?
Let her go boys! ev'ry inch is
Wearing homewards to Mingulay.

[Chorus]
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather.
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Sailing homewards to Mingulay.

[Verse 2]
Wives are waiting on the pierhead
Looking seaward from the heather
Heave her round boys and we'll anchor
Ere the sun sets on Mingulay

[Chorus]
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather.
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Sailing homewards to Mingulay.

[Verse 3]
When the wind is wild with shouting
And the waves mount ever higher
Anxious eyes turn ever seaward
See us home, boys, to Mingulay

[Chorus]
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather.
Hill you ho, boys; Let her go, boys;
Sailing homewards to Mingulay.