Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row, all for Mairi's wedding Over hillways up and down, myrtle green and bracken brown Past the sheiling through the town, all for sake of Mairi Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row, all for Mairi's wedding Red her cheeks as rowans are, brighter eyes than any star Fairest o' them all by far, is my darling Mairi Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row, all for Mairi's wedding Plenty herring, plenty meal, plenty peat to fill her creel Plenty bonny bairns as weel, that's the toast for Mairi Step we gaily on we go, heel for heel toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row, all for Mairi's wedding