Intro: C
Step we gaily on we go
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Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go
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All for Marie's wedding
verse 1:
Over hillways, up and down
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Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shieling through the town
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All for the sake of Marie
Step we gaily on we go
F C
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go
F C
All for Marie's wedding
verse 2:
Plenty herring, plenty meal
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Plenty peat to fill her kreel
Plenty bonnie bairns as weel
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That's the toast for Marie
Step we gaily on we go
F C
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go
F C
All for Marie's wedding
verse 3:
Cheeks as bright as Rowan's are
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Brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far
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Is my darlin' Marie
Step we gaily on we go
F C
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go
F C
All for Marie's wedding
verse 4:
Over hillways, up and down
F C
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shieling through the town
F C
All for the sake of Marie
Step we gaily on we go
F C
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go
F C
All for Marie's wedding
OUTRO: C F C F C F C F C