Tour Scotland Video Pipers Playing Marie's Wedding Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of pipers playing Marie's Wedding on visit to Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Pipers from Glenalmond College raising funds by Scone Palace for Rachel House Children's Hospice in Kinross. Mairi's Wedding, also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or Mairi Bhan, is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman, born 1865, died 1938, for Mary C. MacNiven. born 1905, died 1997, on the occasion of her winning the gold medal at the National Mòd in 1934. In 1959, James B. Cosh devised a Scottish country dance to the tune, which is 40 bars, in reel time.

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