X:0
T: Mairi's Wedding
T: 8x40R3
C: James B Cosh
B: Twenty Two SCD and Two Others
P: 1-2-3-4-2-3-4-1, each tune ABABB
N: Phrasing really should be ABBAB to fit the dance
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/MairisWedding1.abc 2024-06-03 174036 UT
K:
X:1
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.
X:2
P: the Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp)
O: 1758
R: march
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: E.Hunt p.13(F)
B: Karpeles & Schofield P.31(F), p.55(G)
B: Nan Fleming-Williams and Pat Shaw "English Dance Airs" Book 3 p.5 (1968, 1984)
N: Many versions exist from all over the British Isles. Commonly used for sword dances.
M: C
L: 1/4
K: G
g/f/ \
| "G"ed/c/ BA | "C"BG E>F | "G"GG G/A/B/c/ | "D7"d2 Bg/f/ \
| "G"ed/c/ BA | "C"BG E>G | "D7"FA DE/F/ | "G"G2 G :|
|: d/c/ \
| "G"Bd "D7"ef | "G"gd "D7"B>A | "G"Bd "Em"ef | "C"g2 "D7"fg/f/ \
| "G"ed/c/ BA | "C"BG E>G | "D7"FA DE/F/ | "G"G2 G :|
X:3
P: the Birken Tree
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/4
K: EDor
B \
| "Em"Be ed | "D"f>e dc | "G"Bc "D"de | "A"cA2 B \
| "Em"Be ed | "D"f>e dc | "G"dB "D"AF | "G"d2 "A"c :|
|: d/c/ \
| "Em"BE EF | "(G)"B>c dB | "D"AG FG | A2 dc/d/ \
| "Em"BE EF | "(G)"B>c de | "D"dB AF | "Em"E2- E :|
X:4
P: Maggie in the Wood (the Piper's Cave)
Z: 2003 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
R: march
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: A
[| "A"AE A>B | "F#m"cf "D"f2 | "A"ec "F#m"c/B/A/B/ | "Bm"cB "E7"B2 \
| "A"AE A>B | "F#m"cf "D"f2 | "A"ec "E7"Bc/B/ | "A"A3 |]
[| "A"a>g fe | "D"fg a2 | "A"ec "F#m"c/B/A/B/ | "Bm"cB "E7"B2 \
| "A"a>g fe | "D"fg a2 | "A"ec "E7"Bc/B/ | "A"A3 |]