The High Kings

Mairis Wedding

The High Kings


Tom: G

G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Verse 1]
G 
Over hillways up and down
C                       D
Myrtle green and bracken brown,
G
Past the sheilings through the town
C               D
All for sake of Mairi. ..Chorus

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Verse 2]
G 
Red her cheeks as rowans are
C                       D
Bright her eyes as any star, 
G
Fairest o' them all by far
C               D
Is our darlin' Mairi... Chorus

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Verse 3]
G 
Plenty herring, plenty meal
C               D 
Plenty peat to fill her creel,
G
Plenty bonny bairns as well
C               D
That's the toast for Mairi.

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding. 

[Chorus]
G 
Step we gaily, on we go 
C               D
Heel for heel and toe for toe,
G 
Arm in arm and row on row
C               D 
All for Mairi's wedding.