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.