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Felipa Lyr/Chords Req: maries wedding (19) ADD: Marie's Wedding 24 Jan 23


In the book as the Lewis Bridal Song (Mairi's Wedding) there is another song, lyrics by J N McConochie, which is called Marie's Wedding (same spelling as in the thread title)

https://imslp.eu/files/imglnks/euimg/0/00/IMSLP391273-PMLP633147-Roberton_Songs_of_the_isles.pdf
see page 40 of the book for musical notation.

MARIE'S WEDDING
(J.N. McConochie)

Dancing at the Clachan Inn for
Now to banish care with laughter
Dancing at the Clachan Inn for
Here's a health to Marie!

oo vee ah vee oo vee ah vee
oo vee ah vee oo vee ah vee
Here's a health to Marie

Toe and heel, we dance the reel
For Donald's wed to Marie


-- I've tried searches using lines from the song, but everything I try comes up with the better known Lewis Bridal Song. And a search for J N McConochie only yielded the digital copy of The Road to the Isles with the score for a choral arrangement of this song.It's sung as a strathspey in a medley with two reels, Mac a Phee Turn the Cattle Round (http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=45791 and Varry Van Mochree (a Mháiri bhan mo chridh, fair Mairi of my heart)


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