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.)