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Lewis Bridal Song
Traditional.
notes: The music is traditional Scottish. The words were written by Johnny Bannerman in 1934. It is a common song at weddings in the western hemisphere.
All for Marie’s Wedding (The Lewis Bridal Song)

C                   Am          Dm                  G        (7)
Step we gaily, on we go; heel for heel and toe for toe
C                     Am          F                   G
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Marie's wedding

C                   F                   C                      Dm       G     (7)
Over hill ways up and down; myrtle green and bracken brown
C                    F                       C        Dm     G       (7)
Past the sheelig though the town; all for sake of Marie


Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creal
Plenty bonny bairns as well; that's the toast for Marie

Cheeks are bright as rowans are, brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far is my darling Marie