Mairi’s Wedding

Marie`s Wedding
  
 
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March
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  we gai  Heel for     


 on we  B for


Step ly go heel and toe toe
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   AAll  for  

 row on row    

Arm in arm and Mai rie`s wed ding
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O ver hill  up and down
 Myr tle      


ways green and brack en brown
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 the sheil  through the town
  All  for 

Past ing sake of
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CHORUS
Chorus -
Step
Step we
we gaily
gailyon
onwe
wego,
go,Heel
Heelfor
forheel
heeland
andtoe
toefor
fortoe,
toe,
Arm in arm and row on row, All for Mairi’s wedding. One that many teachers know but
Arm in arm" 

and row on row, All for Mairi`s wedding.
not as many pupils these days. Again,
VERSES good for actions describing the words,






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Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown, clapping along to or trying to dance the
Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown, Gay Gordons! As the song describes
Past the sheiling through the town, all for sake o Mairi.
Past the sheiling through the town, all for sake o Mairi. a wedding procession and the bride’s
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presents, it could be used to contrast with
Red her cheeks as rowans are, bright her eye as any star, today’s wedding rituals and expectations.






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Fairest
Red her o them
cheeksallas
byrowans
far, is our
are,darling
brightMairi.
her eye as any star,
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Fairest o them all by far, is our darling Mairi. easy, with the same 4 notes - E E A B -
Plenty herring plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creel, repeated on the chorus and the verses, so
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Plenty
Plentybonny
herringbairns
plentyas meal,
weel, thats
plentythe toast
peat to for
fill Mairi.
her creel, could be played on many instruments.
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Plenty bonny bairns as weel, thats the toast for Mairi.



 



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