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MINGULAY
BOAT SONG
From: Creag Uanach
Sung by Hugh MacDonald
Heil ya Ho boys,
Let her go boys,
Swing her head round and all together,
Heil ya Ho boys, Let her go boys,
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.
What care we though white
the Minch is,
What care we for wind or weather?
Heil ya Ho boys, and we'll anchor,
As the sun sets on Mingulay.
Heil ya Ho boys,
Let her go boys,
Swing her head round and all together,
Heil ya Ho boys, Let her go boys,
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.
Wives are waiting by the
quayside,
They've been waiting since break o' day boys,
They are waiting for their loved ones,
As the sun sets on Mingulay.
Heil ya Ho boys,
Let her go boys,
Swing her head round and all together,
Heil ya Ho boys, Let her go boys,
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.
Once owned by the MacNeil's of Barra, the
island of Mingulay is the largest of the small group of islands
in the Outer Hebrides known as the Bishop's Isles. There
are 800 feet high cliffs at the southern tip of this island with stacks
mentioned in some references. The island is quite small being 1 mile by
2 miles in extent. There are no inhabitants although there were 140 of
them at the beginning of the century. It is now the domain of
guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins particularly on the south west
cliffs. You will need a fairly substantial boat to visit Mingulay.
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