Now if you think this wedding
day went just a wee amiss
Then I will tell you about a wedding
far more daft than this
The lad and bav turned out to
be no other but my pa
And by the strangest bit of luck,
the woman was my ma
McGregor,
McKenna,
McCowan,
McCraw,
McCleary,
McNeil, and
McRae
Aye, all of the folk in the village were
there on my mother's wedding day
For pa had asked his friend
McPhee, and
Mac had come with
Mae
McGee
And
Mae invited ninety -three to my
mother's wedding day
Then up the road came
Ed
McKean, with half the town of
Aberdeen
By every one, sun was steamin'
from all the sweat and pain
At quarter to five everybody was there,
a -waitin' around in the room
McVicar,
McDougal,
McDuffin,
McCoy, everybody but the groom
And as the hours turtled by,
the men got feelin' kinda dry
And thought they'd take a nip a 'rye
while a -waitin' for the groom
And while the men were dippin' in,
the lady started on the gin
And soon the room began to spin
at the hottest wedding day
Then all of a sudden the liquor was gone,
the gin and the whiskey and all
And all of a sudden the wedding affair
had become a bonnie brawl
For
Pete
McGraw and
Joe
McVie began to fight for
Mae
McGee
While
Mae
McGee and
Sam
McKee were a -wooin' in the hall
So cold and stiff was
John
McVeigh, they used him
for a servant's raise
For everyone was blind and gay,
and her father's pride was gay
McDuff and
McBiddy were playing a game,
and using
McCoy for the ball
McKenna was eating the bridal bouquet,
and
McNeil hung on the wall
Then finally my father came,
his eyes were red, his nose aflame
He didn't even know his name,
he was drunk as
Duffamal
The people were lyin' all over the room
a -lookin' as if they were dead
Then
Mother uncovered the minister quick,
and she told him, go ahead
Then
Pa kneeled down on
Bill
McQuay, and
Mother kneeled on
Jock
McVay
The preacher stood on
John
McVay, and that's how my
Ma was wed
And till today the folks declare it
was a mess beyond compare
It never was a day so fair as the
Mother's
Day,
McVay!
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