X: 0
T: Mairi's Wedding
T: Lewis Bridal Song
C: Words: John Bannerman (1935)
O: Music: Trad Scotland (1909)
K:


X: 1
P: Mairie's Wedding  (the Lewis Bridal Song)
S: Kay Graham, via EF
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: D
d/B/ |\
"D"A3/A/ AB | "D"de f2 | "G"ed Bd | "A7"fe f2 |\
"D"A3/A/ AB | "D"de f2 | "G"ed BG | "A7"A3 :|
|: f/g/ |\
"D"a3/a/ ab | "Bm"ag f2 | "E7"ed Bd | "A"fe f2 |\
"F#m"a3/a/ ab | "Bm"ag f2 | "Em"ed BG | "A7"A3 :|


X: 2
P: Mairie's Wedding  (the Lewis Bridal Song)
R: reel
C: Trad.
O: Scotland
Z: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2012 (see www.paulhardy.net). Creative Commons cc by-nc-sa licenced.
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
%Q: 1/4=190
K: G
G/E/ |\
"G"D3/2D/ DE | GA B2 | "C"AG EG | "D7"BA B2 |\
"G"D3/2D/ DE | GA B2 | "C"AG EC | "D7"D3 :|
|: B/c/ |\
"G"d3/2d/ de | "Em"dc B2 | "A7"AG EG | "D"BA B2 |\
"D7"d3/2d/ de | "Em"dc B2 | "Am"AG EC | "D7"D3 :|


X: 3
P: Mairi's Wedding  (the Lewis Bridal Song)
C: Words: John Bannerman (1935)
O: Music: Trad Scotland (1909)
H: The well-known words for this song, and the Scottish Country Dance that goes
H: with it, were written for Mary McNiven, born in 1908, and still alive in 1998.
H: The lyrics were written by Johnny Bannerman for her birthday in 1935, in Gaelic.
H: Her wedding to Captain John Campbell was in 1941.  The tune itself is older.
H: It was published in Marjory Kennedy-Fraser's "Songs of the Hebrides" (1909).
R: march
Z: 1998 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/4
K: D
f "A"\
[| "D"A>A AB | de f2 | "G"ed Bd | "A7"fe fa \
|  "D"A>A AB | de f2 | "G"ed BG | "A7"A2 A2 |]
"B1"\
[| "D"a>a ab | ag f2 | "G"ed Bd | "A7"fe f<a \
|  "D"a>a ab | ag f2 | "G"ed BG |1 "A7"A2 A2 :|2 "A"AB/c/ d/e/f/g/ |]
"B2"\
[| "D"a>a ab | ag f2 | "G"ed Bd | "A7"fe f<a \
|  "D"A>A AB | de fg | "G"a>f "A7"fe | "D"d2 z |]
W: Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel and toe for toe,
W: Arm and arm and row on row, all for Mh\`airi's wedding.
W: Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty fish to fill her creel,
W: Plenty bonny bairns as weel, that's our toast for Mh\`airi.