|   | Chorus: Heel y'ho boys, let her go, boys
 Bring her head round now all together
 Heel y'ho boys, let her go boys
 Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
 What care we tho' white the Minch is?
What care we for wind and weather?
 Let her go boys, every inch is
 Sailing homeward to Mingulay!
 Chorus
 | Wives
are waiting on the bank, boys, Looking seaward from the heather.
 Pull her 'round boys, and we'll anchor
 'Ere the sun sets at Mingulay!
 Chorus
 Ships return now, heavy laden
Mothers holdin' bairns a-cryin'
 They'll return, though, when the sun sets
 They'll return to Mingulay.
 Chorus
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