Step we gaily, on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row All for Marie’s wedding Step we gaily, on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row All for Marie’s wedding Over hillways up and down Myrtle green and bracken brown Past the sheeling, through the town All for sake of Marie Step we gaily, on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row All for Marie’s wedding Red her cheeks as rowans are Bright her eyes as any star Fairest of them all by far Is our darling Marie Step we gaily, on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row All for Marie’s wedding Plenty herring, plenty meal Plenty peat to fill her creel Plenty bonny bairns as well That’s the toast for Marie Step we gaily, on we go Heel for heel and toe for toe Arm in arm and row in row All for Marie’s wedding