Rise Up Singing: Mairi's Wedding

A.K.A. Mari's Wedding, Mary's Wedding
A traditional Scottish song
Rise Up Singing chapter: Love, p.126
Chords: E - A B7 ://

Chorus:
Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's wedding

Over hill ways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the sheeling through the town, all for the sake of Mairi

Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creal
Plenty bonny bairns as weel, that's the toast for Mairi

Cheeks as bright as rowans are, brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far is my darling Mairi

A quick Scots lesson:

bairn = child
weel = well
wir ain leed = our own language

for more Scots, go here: http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/goamins.htm

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[cocomuiry]

Nay bad.

[matthewvaughan]

@cocomuiry Thanks a lot.

[TheMrFarquad]

Good job! I'm Scottish and i must say i have only one complaint. You have pronounced Mairi as "Mary" when it should be pronounced like "marry" (as in to marry someone). All in all though a very good job! :)

[matthewvaughan]

Thanks for the correction, and thanks a lot for the comment :) I'll do that in the future.

[gavin53uc]

nice 1 man!

[matthewvaughan]

@gavin53uc Thanks, man!

[iMunchStuff]

Good chords and singing, but it always helps it the scottish accent's belting out!:D good job though mate:) xxx

[hitthatperfectbeat]

"I don't care if you say row and row.... it rhymes."

Yo sing this really well, but i found that bit hilarious. I'm from scotland though and i was always taught it was row and row.

[byelozersk]

you sing this beautifully

[matthewvaughan]

Thanks!