Heel ya ho boys, let her go boys
Turn her head into the weather
Heel ya ho boys, let her go boys
Sailing homeward to Mingalay
What care we though white the minch is?
What care we for wind or weather?
Let her go boys, every inch is
Wearing homeward to Mingulay
Chorus
Wives are waiting by the pierhead
Or looking seaward from the heather
Bring her round boys and we’ll anchor
Ere the sun sets on 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