Finally, here's a version that cites its origin, copied from a forum at Nigel Gatherer's web site:


ISLAND SPINNING SONG

Ch: Hulla mucka doo, Hoo ro va hee
Hoo ro va hinda, Hee ro va hinda,
Hulla mucka doo, Hoo ro va hee
O dick o deck o dancy

1. When will someone come to me?
Will he come by land or sea?
Will he my own lover be?
O, tell me truly, wheel, O

2. Wheel o' fate, what is't you say?
This year, next, or ne'er a day?
When will wooer come my way?
O, tell me truly, wheel, O

3. Be he dark or be he fair,
Shy or bold or debonair,
Ribbons braw will deck my hair
To meet and greet my true love.

Original Gaelic words by Angus Robertson
English words by Hugh Roberton
Traditional Gaelic tune from Donalda MacLeod

from Songs of the Isles by Hugh S Roberton