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.  

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 

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 

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