I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Monday, June 1, 2009
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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