Màiri's Wedding
Words by Hugh Robertson
From a 1935 Gaelic song
Also known as the Lewis Bridal Song

Chorus
Step we gaily on we go,
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
Arm in arm and row on row,
All for Màiri's Wedding.
 
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Over hillways up and down,
Myrtle green and bracken brown,
Past the shielings, through the town,
All for the sake of Màiri.
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Red her cheeks as rowans are,
Bright her eye as any star,
Fairest o' them a' by far,
Is our darling Màiri.
 
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Plenty herring, plenty meal,
Plenty peat to fill her creel,
Plenty bonnie bairns as well,
That's the toast for Màiri.
The Rankin Family do it in this order
Chorus, 1, Ch, 3, Ch, 2, Ch, 1, Ch, 3, Chorus twice, repeat the last line

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