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Mairi's Wedding" (also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or Scottish Gaelic: Màiri Bhàn "Blond Mary") is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman (1865–1938) for Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997) on the occasion of her winning the gold medal at the National Mòd in 1934.
The catchy chorus, with its final line “All for Mairi’s wedding” stayed with audiences and gave the song its alternate, more popular title of “Mairi’s Wedding”. MacNiven was gifted the original hand-written score for the Lewis Bridal Song by Roberton, shortly after its release, and it was one of her most treasured possessions in ...
In 1982, MacInnes won the gold medal at the Royal National Mod., [1] and went on to win the 1983 Pan Celtic Festival in Killarney, Ireland. [1] She sang vocals on Runrig's Heartland album in 1985 and appeared in the BBC adaptation of The Shutter Falls in 1986.
Now, 10 years later, we are married. I’m often asked if I knew it would work out; the truth is, I didn’t. It was a risk to ask a stranger to fly to Australia, but with great risk comes great ...
Mary MacPherson (née MacDonald), known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (English: Great Mary of the Songs) or simply Màiri Mhòr (10 March 1821 – 7 November 1898), was a Scottish Gaelic poet from the Isle of Skye, whose contribution to Scottish Gaelic literature is focused heavily upon the Highland Clearances and the Crofters War; the Highland Land League's campaigns of rent strikes and other ...
Only a few of her poems, mostly laudations of the Macleods, have been preserved. [3] [5]Macleod is widely regarded as one of the stalwarts of the new school of poetry that was emerging in the 17th century, which eventually replaced the classical Gaelic bards.
An Australian man is accused of murdering his wife with a homemade spear. Talaat Hawatt, also known as Terrance Howot, is accused of having attacked his wife Khouloud Bakour Hawatt with the weapon ...
Sunday's Child is a John Martyn album released in 1975. John Martyn's follow-up to 1973's Inside Out is a more song-oriented, less experimental album. His eighth record, including two with his wife Beverley Martyn, shows the many facets of Martyn's playing, from his effects-driven electric guitar to his acoustic work.