Mairi's Wedding
Traditional
A lovely little song about the wedding day of Mairi and the well wishes from her friends and family.
Nancy: hammered dulcimer, vocals
Dave Wilson: fiddle
Les Gallier: guitar
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Step we gaily, on we go, heel for heel and toe for toe, arm in arm and row on row, all for Mairi's wedding.
Verse 1
Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown, past the sheilings, through the town; all for sake of Mairi.
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Verse 2
Red her cheeks as rowans are, bright her eye ans any star, fairest of them all by far, is our darling Mairi.
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Verse 3
Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creel, plenty bonnie bairs as weel; that's the toast for Mairi.
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