Does this song have a Spanish translation? I've searched on Google, and I couldn't find anything. It seems this song is really old. Step we gaily on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in

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Does this song have a Spanish translation? I've searched on Google, and I couldn't find anything. It seems this song is really old. Step we gaily on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row and row All for Mairi' s wedding Over hill-way up and down Myrtle green and bracken brown Past the shieling through the town All for Mairi's wedding Chorus Plenty herring plenty meal Plenty peat tae fill her creel Plenty bonny bairns as weel That's the toast for Mairi Chorus Cheeks as bright as rowans are Brighter far than any star Fairest of them all by far is my darling Mairi Chorus Over hill-ways up and down Myrtle green and bracken brown Past the sheiling through the town All for sake of Mairi Chorus Is this Irish or Scotland? sorry Scottish* or from Scotland*

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I think I need an English translation first

Mairi's Wedding is a Scottish folk song, originally written in Gaelic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairi%27s_Wedding Another Spanish translation: http://traduzcocanciones.blogspot.com/2009/12/mairis-wedding-tradicional-escocesa.html

Have to agree with Steve, this is not "standard" English. :P I peg this as Scots-English. I don't recall the Irish using "tae"(to) in their songs, plus "as weel"(as well) does not fit the Irish speech patterns. Plus, Irish sing more about salmon than herring. ;) Would you like me to email you a paraphrase?

Not the exact translation, but I tried this online, I guess you can improvise this. Please let me know too, it will help me too. Paso que vamos alegremente Talón talón y la punta de los pies Del brazo y de la fila y fila Todo para la boda de Mairi s ' Sobre la colina, hacia arriba y hacia abajo Myrtle verde y marrón helechos Más allá de la Shieling por la ciudad Todo para la boda de Mairi Coro Mucha comida abundante arenque Un montón de turba tae llenar su cesta Mucho Bairns hermoso como weel Ese es el brindis por Mairi Coro Mejillas tan brillante como serbales son Mucho más brillante que cualquier estrella Más justo de todos ellos, con mucho, es mi querida Mairi Coro Sobre la colina-formas arriba y abajo Myrtle verde y marrón helechos Más allá de la sheiling por la ciudad Todo por el amor de Mairi

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