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The Wedding of MacLeod
Conversation between Mary daughter of
Alasdair the Red and MacDonald's Lady
from Trotternish.
Ho lail oho hoireann o.
MARY:
Margery, my dear,
Margery Mackintosh,
'Tis a year this week
since thou wert wedded;
Then to thine homestead
went the great folk,
Mackenzie went there,
and MacLeod,
Mackinnon went there,
and MacDonald.
MACDONALD'S LADY:
Listen, Mary,
hide not this from me:
What is yon ship
off the coastland?
* This is repeated after each line;