MAIRI'S WEDDING
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Time signature: 4/4
Heads-up: Under construction; Everything needs to be checked. |
Gaelic lyrics: J. R. Bannerman
English lyrics: Sir Hugh Robertson Music: J. R. Bannerman Dance tune: James B. Cosh |
Accordion Notation Source: Paul Hardy's Session
Tunebook 2021
Tunebook 2021
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Strong beats per bar = 2
Beat symbol = colon ( : ) or equivalent |
Either row: Butttons 4 to 7
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The (two pickup notes) below are optional. Many music sheets & books (for example, Kelly Russell's "Button Box") omit them, leaving players, if they wish, to put in their own musical pick-up notes.
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Tune: Part A ("6 "5*) |
Lyrics: Chorus |
;5 "5 - .5 .5* | .6 .7* - :7 |
Step we gail - y as we go .7* .6 - .5* .6 | .7 .7* - :7 | Heel for heel and toe for toe ;5 "5 - .5 .5* | .6 .7* - :7 | Arm in arm and row on row .7* .6 - .5* .4* | :5 - :5 | All for Mair - i's wedd - ing |
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Tune: Part B |
Lyrics: Verse |
.8 .8 - ;8 "9* | .8 .8* - :7 |
O - ver hills and up and down .7* .6 - .5* .6 | .7 .7* - "7 ;8 | Myr-tle green and brack-en brown .8 .8 - ;8 "9* | .8 .8* - :7 | Past the shiel-ing through the town .7* .6 - .5* .4* | :5 - :5 | All for sake of Mair - i |
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Sixteen videos from various diatonic collections:
A=2 A,B=1 Bb=1 D=1 D,G=1 E,G=1 F=2 G=6 G,A=1
Each video seems to have its own order of chorus and verse, and most contain many repeats.
A=2 A,B=1 Bb=1 D=1 D,G=1 E,G=1 F=2 G=6 G,A=1
Each video seems to have its own order of chorus and verse, and most contain many repeats.
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Key: A Singing begins at time 0:40
Performers: Van Morrison & the Chieftains Posted by: Lyenna |
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Key: A Singing begins at time 0:35
Group: Orthodox Celts Posted by: BicycleFanatic89 |
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Key: A for most of the sung parts
B short singing part near end. Group: Willoughby Brothers Posted by: Willoughby Brothers - Topic |
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Key: Bb
Group: The Alexander Brothers Posted by: Alexander Brothers - Topic |
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Key: D
Singer: West London Folk Band Posted by: Rosa Conrad |
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Miari's Wedding (reel) is played in key of G for the first 50 and last 50 seconds of this three-minute dance set. Other tunes or variants make up the middle portion.
Key: G from time 0 to 0:50 G from time 2:21 to 3:11 Group: Vanisle Scottish Country Dance Society (Victoria, B.C.) Posted by: John Duffus |
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Miari's Wedding (reel) is played in key of G for the first 42 seconds of this three-minute dance set. Other tunes or variants make up the remainder.
Key: G from time 0 to 0:42 Group: Budapest Scottish Dance Club (a Hungarian member of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.) Posted by: John Duffus |
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Key: D from time 0:20 to 1:51 singing
G from 1:52 to End singing Group: Angelo Kelly & Family Posted by: Angelo Kelly - Topic Some of the musical interludes do not follow the accordion notation given above. |
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Key: E from time 0:10 to time 1:17
G from time 1:18 to 2:13 Followed by instrumental and dancing. Group: Rankin Family Posted by: Siobhan Cohen |
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Key: F
Performer: Rhanah Posted by: Rhanah |
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Key: F
Performer: Amy Turke Posted by: Amy Turke |
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Key: G
Performers: Possibly Irish Posted by: Possibly Irish |
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Key: G
Group: Dun Aengus Posted by: Dun Aengus - Topic |
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Key: G, with interesting embellishments
Arranged by Drew Collins Posted by: Carl Fischer Music |
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Key: G
Group: Rob ? & Hector from Australia Posted by: Hector Awol |
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Key: G for "Mairi's Wedding" opening (47 s) and closing (30 s) sets. There are a number of other tunes between the opening and closing sets.
Musical Group: ? Dance at the St. Andrew's Ball in Singapore in 2019 Posted by: Peter Tan Instrumental for this Scottish country dance. |
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Key: G For most of the song.
A Briefly at the very end. Group: The Ugly Mugs Posted by: The Ugly Mugs |
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DANCE/SONG Version for a
Line dance (Heel & Toe) Key: G For most of the song. A Briefly at the very end. Group: ? Dancers: Ciaran Rosney and Micaela Svensson Erlandsson (Sweden?) |
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BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS
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Chorus A
Verse B1 Verse B2 Verse B3 |
LYRICS
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 hills and up and down, Myrtle green and bracken brown, Past the shieling through the town, All for sake of Mairi. Red her cheeks as rowans are, Bright her eyes as any star, Fairest of them all by far, Is my darling Mairi. Plenty herring, plenty meal, Plenty peat to fill her creel, Plenty bonnie bairns as weel, That's the toast for Mairi. |
MYRTLE (an evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic foliage) BRACKEN (A tall fern) SHIELING (a rough hut commonly used by shepherds or other herders) ROWANS (An Europen mountain ash with bright red berries) MEAL (coursly ground seeds such as corn meal) CREEL (a wicker basket used for carying peat) BAIRNS (babies) |
LYRICS WITH GUITAR CHORDS (Key of G)
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Chorus Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 |
G C D7 Step we gaily, on we go, Heel for hee l and toe for toe, G C D7 Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's Wedding. G C D7 Over hills and up and down, Myrtle green and bracken brown, G C D7 Past the shielings, through the town, All for sake of Mairi. G C D7 Red her cheeks as rowans are, Bright her eyes as any star, G C D7 Fairest of them all by far, Is my darling Mairi G C D7 Plenty herring, plenty meal, Plenty peat to fill her creel, G C D7 Plenty bonnie bairns as weel; That's the toast for Mairi For key of A, replace chords G-C-D7 by A-D-E7 or put Capo on 2nd fret. For key of C, replace chords G-C-D7 by C-F-G7 or put Capo on 5th fret. For key of D, replacce chords G-C-D7 by D-G-A7 or put Capo on 7th fret. |
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