If you don't mind weddings that finish up in a riot, there's The Tinkers' Wedding, of which a snatch goes: The bridegroom was wild Norman Scott Who thrice had tied the nuptial knot, And yince was sentenced tae be shot, For breach o' marshall order-o. His gleesome jo was Madge McKell, A speywife match for Nick himsel' Wi' glamor and cantrip, charm and spell, She frichted baith the borders-o. The tune is the same as The Day We Went to Rothsay-o, but this song came first, and dates back to the late 1700s.
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