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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 ...
The original Gaelic lyric and tune of Mairi's Wedding was by John Bannerman, 1865-1938). Roberton wrote alternative lyrics for Dashing White Sergeant , also included in the volume. [ 4 ] His best known original composition is the partsong All in the April evening (words by Katharine Tynan ).
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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 ...
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Kiefer Sutherland is opening up about his terminated engagement to Julia Roberts, whom he says he was "very much in love" with. The stars met on the set of the 1990 flick "Flatliners," and ...