Mingulay Boat Song chords by Gaelic Storm

Chorus:
G    C
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G          F
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G    C
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 1:
G     C      G     C
What care we how, white the Minch is?
     G    G    F
What care we for wind or weather?
G    C     G   C
When we know that every inch is
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.

Chorus:
G    C
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G          F
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G    C
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 2:
 G    C    G    C
When the wind is wild and wailing,
     G        F
And the waves mount ever higher
G    C      G  C
Anxious sighs turn, ever seaward
      G      F  C
To see us home boys to Mingulay


Chorus:
G    C
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G          F
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G    C
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 3:
   G     C
And wives are waiting, by the pier head,
      G         F
Or looking seaward, from o'er heather;
G     C      G      C
Pull her round, boys, then you'll anchor
     G      F  C
‘Ere the sun sets on Mingulay.


Chorus:
G    C
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G          F
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G    C
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Chorus:
G    C
Heel yo ho, boys, let her go, boys,
      G          F
Bring her head round, into the weather,
G    C
Heel you ho, boys, let her go, boys
     G      F  C
Sailing homeward to Mingulay


Verse 3:
 G    C
Ships return now, heavy laden
     G          F
Mothers holdin' the bairns a-cryin'
 G     C     G    C
They'll return, yet, when the sun sets
      G      F  C
They'll return back to Mingulay.