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| Hail ya ho, boys, let her go, boys, | |
| Bring her head round and all together, | |
| Hail ya ho, boys, let her go, boys, | |
| Sailing homeward to Mingalay. | |
| What care we how wild the Minch is, | |
| What care we for windy weather? | |
| Hail ya ho, boys, every inch is | |
| Sailing closer to Mingalay. | |
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| Wives and sweethearts on the hillside, | |
| Looking seaward through the heather, | |
| Let her go, boys, and we'll anchor, | |
| Ere the sun sets on Mingalay. | |
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| When the wind is wild with shouting, | |
| And the waves mount ever higher, | |
| Anxious eyes turn ever seaward, | |
| To see us home, boys, to Mingalay. | |
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