We haven’t published a song for a while. Must be winter coming – a time for singing, reading, recouping and culture making.

Recognise the tune? John Roderick Bannerman wrote the original Gaelic song Màiri Bhàn (Blond Mary) in 1934. The lyrics were subsequently changed and put into English by Hugh Stevenson Roberton in 1936. Roberton’s lyrics had little resemblance to the original Gaelic and became known as Mairi’s Wedding. Countless people and bands have covered this song. Then in around 2022, we overhauled the words again on a busking and hitchhiking trip up north. This version includes both our own lyrics and arrangement. Thanks Johnny Bannerman!

And thanks to Hassan Lahrech (The Sound Cell) for recording us live at Tree Elbow a few years back.