The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25236   Message #294460
Posted By: Joan from Wigan
10-Sep-00 - 03:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Heave Ya Ho (Battlefield Band)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Battlefield Band 'HEAVE YA HO.'
It may be the 'Mingulay Boat Song' you need, a search for 'mingulay' will bring up one version in the DT. Although the chorus in the DT begins 'Heel yo ho boys', I have heard it sung recently as 'Heave yo ho boys', the singer explaining that 'heave' made more sense to him than 'heel'.