Chorus:
Step we gaily on we go,
Heel and heel
And toe for toe,
Arm and arm
And row and row,
All for Marie's wedding.
Over hillways, up and down,
Myrtle green and bracken brown,
Past the sheilings through the town
All for the sake of Marie.
Chorus
Red her cheeks as Rowan's are,
Bright her eyes as any star.
Fairest of them all by far,
Is our darlin' Marie.
Chorus
Plenty herring, plenty meal,
Plenty peat to fill her kreel.
Plenty bonnie bairns as well,
That's the toast for Marie.
Repeat Chorus
How the light shone from the master
How the light shone from the master
How the light shone from the master's eyes
Or how the truth shone, from the master
How the truth shone, from the master
How the truth shone, from the master's eyes
Why didn't they leave us to wander through battered summers
Why didn't they leave us to wander when there was no other
And my questions all were answered
When the light shone from the master
When the light shone, from the master's eyes
From the master's eyes. Oh how the light shone (etc.)
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