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Mairi's Wedding

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Sheet Music for "Mairi's Wedding"Mairi's WeddingMarie's WeddingsongChorus:Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel and toe for toeArm in arm and row on row, All for Mairi's wedding.Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brownPast the shieling through the town, all for sake of Mairi.ChorusRed her cheeks as rowans are, bright her eye as any starFairest of them all by far, is our darlin' Mairi.ChorusPlenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creelPlenty bonny bairns as weel, that's the toast for Mairi.Transcription: id:hn-song-45History:Scottish
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About this tune

Mairi's Wedding is a two-part song in G major, written in 2/4 time. The tune contains about 16 bars and spans from E-8 to B4. Scottish

ABC notation for Mairi's Wedding

D>D DE | GA B2 | AG EG | BA B<d | D>D DE | GA B2 | AG EC | D2 D2 ||
d>d de | dc B2 | AG EG | BA B<d | d>d de | dc B2 | AG EC | D2 D2 ||
W:Chorus:
W:Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel and toe for toe
W:Arm in arm and row on row, All for Mairi's wedding.
W:
W:Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown
W:Past the shieling through the town, all for sake of Mairi.
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Red her cheeks as rowans are, bright her eye as any star
W:Fairest of them all by far, is our darlin' Mairi.
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creel
W:Plenty bonny bairns as weel, that's the toast for Mairi.