Mairi Mac

Well, Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

(Three, four!)

There's a neat little lass, her name is Mairi Mac
Make no mistake she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lots of other fellas wanna get her on the back
But I think that they'll have to get up early

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

Now Mairi and her mother are often seen together
In fact you never see the one without the other
And people often wonder if it's Mairi or her mother
Or the both of them together that I'm courting

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

Up among the heather in the hills of Benahee
I sat with a bonnie lass sittin' on my knee
Then bumble bee stung me up above the knee
Up among the heather in the hills of Benahee

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

I asked my bonnie lass, "Where ya wanna spend the day?"
She said among the heather in the hills of Benahee
Where the boys and girls are making out so free
Up among the heather in the hills of Benahee

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

The wedding's on a Wednesday, everything is now arranged
Soon you'll never change your mind unless her mind is changed
Of making all arrangements that everything should be arranged
That marriage is an awful undertaking

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

It's sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair
There's gonna be a fork and plate for every man who's there
And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share
If I don't I'll be very much mistaken

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

There's a neat little lass, her name is Mairi Mac
Make no mistake she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lots of other fellas wanna get her on the back
But I think that they'll have to get up early

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac

Mairi Mac's mother's makin' Mairi Mac marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mairi Mac
We'll all be merry when Mairi's takin' care o' me
We'll all be merry when I marry Mairi Mac!