Mairi's Wedding
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
21 March 1960
Track ID
22377
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.158.B10
Original Tape ID
Summary
The well-known song 'Mairi's Wedding' in which the singer toasts the bride, wishing her good health and wealth.
Item Notes
3 verses of 4 lines, with chorus at start, between verses and repeated twice at end. Sung by a child.
Composed by Johnny Bannerman for his friend Mairi McNiven in 1935. Bannerman's original Gaelic song was later translated into the widely-known English version by Hugh Stevenson Roberton (1874-1952) (who also composed 'Westering Home').
Item Subject/Person
McNiven, Mairi
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good