Irish Song Marie's Wedding

[SuperLpslover2000]

its scottish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keach47]

Scottish. And Sharpe was very concerned about Spain and Portugal.  So is John Tams.

[chuahchunhowe]

does anyone have another version of this which the artist sing slightly faster and very energetic voice.

[sharmrock1]

its scottish

[LakesideArt]

It's Scottish, often mistaken for being Irish. Both are Celtic and Gaelic speaking cultures that often shared the same lands. Also, it's actually spelled "Mairi'. Which translates in English/American English to 'Mary'.

[jambajuzi]

When I was 5, my dad always played this song. I always thought it said "arm and arm and a row and a row, Uncle Marry's wedding". It makes more sense now

[r2holland]

SCOTTISH!!



[pudaokil]

listened to ten version ,Van Morrison Wins hands down

[haggisbasher900]

The music is bad the singing is worse, "Pure Brutal" !!!!!

[pinkixtheEMO]

@haggisbasher900 Just thought I'd let you know, nobody gives a fuck :D

[animalnt]

@haggisbasher900 typical Scottish comment

[Prancer1231]

Yes it is Van Morrison and the Chieftains.

[Prancer1231]

It's Van Morrison, I believe, and he is from Belfast. He's very famous.

[Ro0bArB]

ROFL at the comments here! Mhairi's Wedding is a Scottish song. It appears to be being sung here in an Irish accent. However, the accent is more... how can I put this gently? Mid-Atlantic? It's a yank singing a Scottish song in an Irish accent. It sounds awful!

[davefromrisca]

so, I think we've agreed it's a Scottish song then...? Still, lovely Oirish feel to it...(-:

[Shuggydylan]

Posted my Granda, as video responseAndy mckellar playing it . It IS Scottish, not Irish. Mhairi was ma great great grannie, and got divorced two months after the wedding. It was never consumated. Don't know how I got here, but ther you go, folks, Shuggy

[arrrobbbie]

It seems that the Irish are getting quite annoyed at my post .Is that because they live in a failed state that once again needs bailing out by the EU.Next to Portugal Ireland has had their hand out looking for more money than any other country since they became part of the EU.I do not know if this is because they are incompetent , drink to much or just plain old like living off the crumbs thrown to them by others .Oh well that's their problem .

[notnotnot666]

to the poor unfortunate gob shite called arrrobbie.i think anyone with even 1 brain cell can see that ireland has enough self esteem to "become" a nation.know what i mean,ye gob shite.

[arrrobbbie]

The reason some people think it might be Irish is because for reasons unknown the Irish want to claim everything as theirs .I think they have a low self esteem and feel it necessary to claim anything that's good as something made in Ireland.All you need to do to be Irish is to be good at something and fly over Ireland at 30,000 feet and they will give you an Irish passport and then claim you are Irish.As I said as a nation they have very low self esteem .

[mdjof]

@arrrobbbie PRICK

[mdjof]

@arrrobbbie PRICK

[hitthatperfectbeat]

@arrrobbbie Actually, i think the reason people always get irish and scottish songs confused as that they have quite similar cultures, no doubt as a result of the scots originally coming from ireland, and so it's not immediately apparent where a song comes from. Also, you say the irish want to claim everything as their own, but with regards to music i think this sort of error is the result of ireland's laborious job of untwining their culture from British culture, which still includes scotland.

[MISSLD125]

@arrrobbbie may someone drop kick you in the fanny my paddy hating brother....AAAAARR - Men! xxxxx

[Phanatic12009]

i love this song so much! its probably my fave celtic song ever!

[jermainehipolito]

hey i heard this song in my class

[dnaivnae]

either it be Scottish or Irish a song is a song no matter how long, wrong, short and right...i like it either way, the Scottish people are a strong pleasent nation and they got William Wallice/Wallace as their national hero....i think, i love the Scottish people...well, i love my Scottish wife thats good enough for me....also this song was played at our wedding^x^ its great to hear it again, 3 years later^x^

[michal18c]

The Gaelic version begins:

'S i mo ghaol-sa Màiri Bhàn

Màiri bhòidheach sgeul mo

dhàin,

Gaol mo chridh'-sa Màiri Bhàn,

'S tha mi 'dol 'ga pòsadh.

[michal18c]

This is scottish folk song. Great song. I like play it on whistle.

[KiwiOfTheLemons]

The Lyrics are off terribly.

[johnoliver99]

I often see posts that confuse or think something is Irish when it's in fact Scottish. Maybe the Irish are just better at marketing their brand.

[WendySunVal]

Love this song!

[Prancer1231]

what are sheilings?

[Phanatic12009]

@Prancer1231 a type of money

[rabnuds]

@Prancer1231 Please disregard what Phanatic12009 told you about Sheillings being money. A sheiling is a small farmhouse.

[5hawnK3lly]

recorded by van morrison & the cheiftains :) it wouldn't be an irish/scotish song if we couldn't fight about it :)

[MadKenny343]

@5hawnK3lly but the cheiftains r irish

[5hawnK3lly]

recorded by van morrison & the cheiftains :)

[2134thatsthescore]

ITS A SCOTTISH SONG .

[goddenrich]

I love this album "Irish Heartbeat" - Van Morrison and the Chieftains.

[valvetrom]

Love this version: NO KEYCHANGE

[veronicasinlove]

Hope all of ya'll are great as the music! You people come from wonderful places. Doubt you feel the same of ME. American Joe.

[williamwallacee]

i believe andy stewart sang this song,

andy came from ANGUS DISTRICT in scotland my sister used to to go to school with his grand daughter...

we are friends of the stewart family

[shaund5]

yeehaw I LOVE IT

[kalimbah100]

it's a scottish song you thick lump of coal

[jpjordan333]

@kalimbah100 isn't it Van Morrison

[rg3rard]

@jpjordan333 does sound very like him though!

[MINUTIAEofIRELAND]

Who sings this version, please enlighten me dear YouTubers!!! 

[LordWellington15]

THIS IS SCOTTISH!

[UrukEngineer]

It is a Scottish tune!

[theirishcowgirl1]

This song makes me want to pick up my feet and start dancing..love it!!

[DwnAszPunk]

good this video be any more off? learn flash for gods sake

[NorthLimitation]

You've probably had this comment a fair few times from different people, but Maridh's Wedding isn't Irish, it's Scottish. Both countries have Gaelic cultures, so people often get us confused, kind of like Spain and Portugal I guess.

[kwondoo]

@NorthLimitation kind of no one gives a fck i guess. its the music thats good no one cares bout other things :/

[NorthLimitation]

@kwondoo

No, unfortunately a handfull of Irish seem to give a fuck and vehemently defend that it is Irish - the music is very, very good without a doubt, but it is the Lewis Bridal Song / Mairidh's Weding and it is Scottish. Enjoy the music by all means because it's great, but understanding the historical background will only add to its worth as a beautiful piece of music :)

[DirkjeA]

@NorthLimitation Well I do like to know where a song comes from. so thanks for pointing this out. You are right, the historical background of a song is important to a lot of people, and maybe not to some ignorant ppl.

[livingintsuchiura]

This is NOT an Irish song ...... it's Chinese.

[cleasonaltman]

@NorthLimitation except the fact that no one cares about Spain and Portugal

[linsayfan123]

i LOVE this song i am sining it in my sining lesson i love the way this done we did it a little bit differnt but love it thanks

[XxResTxInNxFlameSxX]

my mother would sing this to me untill i feel asleep everynight for 12 years. i will never forget this song. God Bless

[Malibu123mjd]

ach jah nd mer danzed nur na ammel ide englishstund..haha <3 lore best <3

[shinedown8909]

haha das lied hemmr i de schuel glosst , die ganzi klass singt dass ez! nd meli <3 best <3

[TheChaseair]

This is such a cool song even if I don' t know what half the words mean

[FayeFaye30]

that guy sounds like van morrison

[ferkisful]

it is van the man. with the chieftans

[gaelicness]

Both Scots and Irish Gaelic are very very similar!

[Peebee48]

I don't care where it comes from - I am descended from Scots and Irish (as well as Brits and Welsh) but this song gets me going - wish I could dance. I even have a daughter named Marie - can't wait to play it at her wedding!

[jsmith19810808]

@Peebee48 Actually Mairie is the gaelic name for Mary, but hey that works.

It was written prior to the lady this lad wrote the song for, was 6 years later after writing the song the actual lady hes singing about took place, an Admiral from Skye.

[johnjosephtor]

Let' s give some credit to the artists of this recording. They are Van Morrison with the Chieftains. And yes, this is a Scottish.

[1offkilter]

Wow, would you be seekin' controversy (obviously). Aye love Van Morrison, love the Chieftains. . .The due goes to the artists and I am Scottish (who are related to the Irish). . .just have an appreciation for the pure music void of criticism. . .

[Tconnolly2]

hear hear... seems to me that nobody can listen to a song and post purely about the music, shame really

[ek4051]

It's one of my favorite songs of all times!!!

[Enferushostis]

SCOTTISH SCOTTISH SCOTTISH

[Gilly710]

this is SOOOOOOO a Scotttish song 0- hands off you irish - you've plenty goos ones of your own!!!!!!

[mazadan]

this is a Scottish song

[SpurChick123]

i was just gonna say, this is a SCOTTISH song!

[ElizabethGS]

someone posted an audio YouTube of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem's recording of it from the '60's...so some seem to think it's Irish because of their recording, I suppose..but we sang it in school in Scotland in the 1950's, which pre-dates their recording of it. And her name was spelled 'Mairi' then. It's most definitely a Scottish song.

[u2windowsintheskies]

This is a scottish song!, not irish! still love ireland though

[JadeGee123]

Its a scottish song

[nicolasogorman]

it is common for Scots to feel distinct from the Irish. The Scots were in fact a tribe from Ireland - they colonised North Britain. That is the reason why Tartans, celtic language and names like Mac spread to what we now call Scotland.

The Scottish/Irish tradition embraces

Irish jigs, Lord of the Dance, Scottish reels and highland flings and bagpipes!! It's great

[1offkilter]

Read your comment after commenting to johnjosephtor and dittos for the info. Aye, we are common.

[Ambidexter143]

As the late Tommy Makem explained: "The Irish gave the pipes to the Scots, who still haven't understood the joke."

[erchieplum]

@nicolasogorman Don't mean to be rude but that is just so inaccurate The Scoti came from Ireland but they probably got there from Scotland in first place .The people of both countries moved between islands long before Scoti settled in a part of what is now Scotland. The picts and Britons were there ,all britain was "celtic" so there is no way "celtic" language came over from Ireland with the Scoti , Mac developed in Scotland with similar happening in Ireland

[CdMac1990]

of course its scottish. im from Ireland and i know that. just because it is done in an Irish style doesnt mean it is Irish.

[jsmith19810808]

Its actually sometimes called the Lewis bridal song, Mary who its written after, shes still alive was written not so long ago compared to some of the great folk songs.

Lewis because Mary I think comes from the Isle of Lewis, she didnt actually marry this captain who its written about until 6 years after the song was written.

[seonidh]

Well said this is the scottish tradition, these plastic paddys in the states dont know music history at all.

[yosti2007]

The name "Mary" is "Maire" in Irish Gaelic and "Mairi" in ScotsGaelic. So I think This song is originally from Scotland.

This song is sung by a family folk group "Rankin Family" from Nova Scotia, Canada. I love these people and their music but, tut mir leid, sie sind in unserem Land unbkannt.

Schade!!...

[NorthLimitation]

This is certainly not an Irish song, it's Scottish, derived from a Highland tune, as many famous Scots songs are. It's also called the Lewis Bridal Song - Lewis a Scottish Island which speaks Scots Gaelic.

[SandstoneSingers]

Mairi's Wedding, also called Mairi Bhan:

It's a great song but it is not Irish (it's Scottish) and it is not Marie's Wedding (it is Maire's Wedding). Mary McNiven is a real person. She recently turned 90 and still lives in Scotland. Her friend Johnny Bannerman wrote the song for her. It was written in Gaelic, thereby Mary is spelled and pronounced Maire (ie mah'ree). She was surprised it became so popular but thought it was a "catchy little tune".

[KSCrosby]

it's a Scots song, thank you

[elkydosser]

cool i guess

[threelegsoman]

Alternative name for this song is The Lewis Bridal Song which as the name suggests comes from the Isle of Lewis off the coast of Scotland. For anyone interested, I have just posted my own version including words and chords.

[monkeymagic1986]

its a scottish song but irish singer lol

[LordWellington15]

@monkeymagic1986 Actually the singer is Canadian.

[Kward107]

good, post, but the text rolled way before the beginning of the lyrics. otherwise good job, great quality!

[Denton91]

Van Morrison's voice is very recognizable!

[davidstruijk]

The Chieftains & Van morrison! Love this song! My grandpa used to sing this when we were in `france for the holidays!