Brigadoon movie - My Mother's Weddin' Day lyrics

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MEG:<br>

Now if ye think this weddin' day went jus' a wee amiss,<br>

Then I will tell ye 'bout a weddin' far more daft than this.<br>

The lad involved turned out to be no other but my pa,<br>

An' by the strangest bit o' luck, the woman was my ma.<br>

MacGregor, MacKenna, MacGowan, MacGraw, MacVitie, MacNeil an' MacRae;<br>

Ay, all the folk in the village were there at my mother's weddin' day.<br>

For pa had asked his friend MacPhee, an' Mac had come with May MacGee,<br>

An' May invited ninety-three to my mother's weddin' day.<br>

Then up the road came Ed macKeen with half the town of Aberdeen.<br>

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CHORUS:<br>

Ay, ev'ryone was on the scene at her mother's weddin' day.<br>

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MEG:<br>

At quarter to five everybody was there a-waitin' around in the room,<br>

MacVicker, MacDougall, MacDuff an' MacCoy--everybody but the groom.<br>

An' as the hours turtled by, the men got feelin' kind o' dry,<br>

An' thought they'd take a nip of rye while a-waitin' for the groom.<br>

An' while the men were dippin' in, the ladies started on the gin.<br>

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CHORUS:<br>

An' soon the room began to spin at her mother's weddin' day.<br>

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MEG:<br>

Then all of a sudden the liquor was gone, the gin an' the whiskey an' all.<br>

An' all of a sudden the weddin' affair had become a bonnie brawl.<br>

For Pete MacGraw and Joe MacPhee began to fight for May MacGee,<br>

While May MacGee an' Sam MacKee were a-wooin' in the hall.<br>

So cold an' stiff was John MacVay, they used him for a servin' tray.<br>

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CHORUS:<br>

For ev'ryone was blithe and gay at her mother's weddin' day.<br>

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MEG:<br>

MacDuff an' MacVitie were playin' a game, an' usin' MacCoy for the ball.<br>

MacKenna was eatin' the bridal bouquet, an' MacNeil hung on the wall.<br>

When finally my father came, his eyes were red, his nose aflame.<br>

He dinna even know his name; he was drunkest of them all.<br>

The people were lyin' all over the room a'lookin' as if they were dead,<br>

Then mother uncovered the minister quick, an' she told 'im: Go ahead.<br>

Then pa kneeled down on Bill MacRae, an' mother kneeled on Jock MacKay,<br>

The preacher stood on John MacVay, and that's how my ma was wed.<br>

It was a sight beyond compare. I ought to know, for I was there.<br>

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CHORUS:<br>

There never was a day as rare as her mother's weddin' day!<br>

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