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Does this song have a Spanish translation?
I've searched on Google, and I couldn't find anything. It seems this song is really old.
Step we gaily on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and row and row
All for Mairi' s wedding
Over hill-way up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shieling through the town
All for Mairi's wedding
Chorus
Plenty herring plenty meal
Plenty peat tae fill her creel
Plenty bonny bairns as weel
That's the toast for Mairi
Chorus
Cheeks as bright as rowans are
Brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far is my darling Mairi
Chorus
Over hill-ways up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the sheiling through the town
All for sake of Mairi
Chorus
Step we gaily on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and row and row
All for Mairi' s wedding
Over hill-way up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shieling through the town
All for Mairi's wedding
Chorus
Plenty herring plenty meal
Plenty peat tae fill her creel
Plenty bonny bairns as weel
That's the toast for Mairi
Chorus
Cheeks as bright as rowans are
Brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far is my darling Mairi
Chorus
Over hill-ways up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the sheiling through the town
All for sake of Mairi
Chorus
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Have to agree with Steve, this is not "standard" English. :P
I peg this as Scots-English. I don't recall the Irish using "tae"(to) in their songs, plus "as weel"(as well) does not fit the Irish speech patterns. Plus, Irish sing more about salmon than herring. ;)
Would you like me to email you a paraphrase?
I peg this as Scots-English. I don't recall the Irish using "tae"(to) in their songs, plus "as weel"(as well) does not fit the Irish speech patterns. Plus, Irish sing more about salmon than herring. ;)
Would you like me to email you a paraphrase?
Mairi's Wedding is a Scottish folk song, originally written in Gaelic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairi%27s_Wedding
Another Spanish translation:
http://traduzcocanciones.blogspot.com/2009/12/mairis-wedding-tradicional-escocesa.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairi%27s_Wedding
Another Spanish translation:
http://traduzcocanciones.blogspot.com/2009/12/mairis-wedding-tradicional-escocesa.html
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