Step we gaily, on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and row on row
All for Mairi's wedding

O'er the hielands up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shieling, through the town
All for sake of Mairi

Cheeks as bright as rowans are
Brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far
Is our darlin' Mairi

Plenty herring, plenty meal
Plenty peat to fill her creel
Lots o' bonny bairns as weel
That's our toast for Mairi