The Nest

Sing a wedding song

Posted Friday, June 29, 2007 6:59 PM

I love a good wedding song! There's nothing like turning up the music in your room, prancing around with a towel/veil on your head and lip-synching to some great tunes. So, for your listening pleasure, the following are some of my all-time favorite songs about – what else – tying the knot.

"June Bride" From "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
(Music: Gene DePaul / Lyrics: Johnny Mercer)

LIZA
Oh, they say when you marry in June,
You're a bride all your life.

SARAH
And the bridegroom who marries in June
Gets a sweetheart for a wife.

RUTH
Winter weddings can be gay
Like a Christmas holiday.

MARTHA
But the June bride hears the song
Of the spring that lasts all summer long.

DORCAS
By the light of the silvery moon
Home you ride, side by side

LIZA
With the echo of Mendelssohn's tune

LIZA, SARAH & ALICE
In your hearts as you ride

ALL BRIDES
For they say when you marry in June,
You will always be a bride.

LIZA
The day a maiden marries is a day she carries through the years

MARTHA & DORCAS
The Church is full of flowers, bridal showers all passe

ALL BRIDES
The groom's waiting at the altar, here comes the bride,
They're each promising to love and obey.

LIZA
There's madness celebrating
Every bridesmaid waiting
Just to see which one of them will catch the wedding bouquet.

ALL BRIDES
For they say when you marry in June,
You will always, always, always, be a bride.

"Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry" as used in "Father of the Bride"

Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry
He's all I wanted all my life and even more
He smiled at me and the music started playing
Here comes the bride when he walked through the door

Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry
The boy who's life and dreams and love I wanna share
The boy whose on my hand a band of gold will bear
The band of gold I always dreamed I'd wear

When we kissed I felt a sweet sensation
This time it wasn't just my imagination
Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry
He's just what I've been waiting for oh yes
With every kiss it's as if my heart keeps saying
Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry

"Someday" from "The Wedding Singer: The Musical"

JULIA
She turns around
And she meets his gaze
The lights are dim,
There's a smoky haze
They share a smile and a secret wave
It's a moment built to save
They start to move across the floor
The room is frozen, wanting more
The happy couple on display
With nothing standing In their way
It's so romantic I could die
Right here and now
It's gonna be that way for us
I know somehow

Someday when it's me
I'll know our love was meant to be
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream is coming true
All you'll need is me and all I'll need is you

JULIA
They stop and pose for a photograph
He jokes around just to make her laugh
The room is full, but they're all alone
They have a language all their own
And I'm so jealous I could cry
And yet I know
It won't be long before you say we're good to go

Someday when it's me
I'll know our love
Was meant to be
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream
Is coming true
All you'll need is me
And all I'll need is you

I know not every marriage
Lasts when things go bad
I've seen the warning signs
I call them "Mom" and "Dad"
But soon you'll take my hand
And pledge your love to me
Till then I'll just get married vicariously

JULIA & WOMEN
Someday when it's me
I'll know our love
Was meant to be

JULIA
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream
Is coming true

WOMEN
Is coming true

JULIA
All you'll need is me

WOMEN
All you'll need is me

JULIA & WOMEN
And all I'll need is you!

"It's De-Lovely" From "De-Lovely"

The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you wanna go walkin', dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

You can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for romance
You can hear, dear Mother Nature murmuring low "Let yourself go"
So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss ya, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious,
It's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely"

Time marches on and soon it's plain
You've won my heart and I lost my brain
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

Life seems so sweet that we decide
It's in the bag to get unified
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

See the crowd in that church
See the proud parson plopped on his perch
Get the sweet beat of that organ sealing our doom
Here goes the groom boom!

How they cheer and how they smile
As we go galopping down the aisle
It's divine, dear, it's de-vene, dear, it's de-wunderbar, it's de-victory
It's de-velop, it's de-vinner, it's de-voix, it's de-lovely

The night is tired and so we take
The few hours off to eat wedding cake
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

It feels so fine to be a bride
And how's the groom while he's slightly fried
It's divineful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

To the pop of champagne off we hop in our plush little plane
Till a bright light through the darkness cosily calls Niagara Falls
Well, my love, our day's complete
What a beautiful bridal suite
It's de-reamy, it's de-rousy, it's de-reverie, it's de-rhapsodie
It's de-regal, it's de-royal, it's de-ritz, it's de-lovely

We settle down as man and wife
To solve the riddle called married life
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

And, of course, "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler on the Roof"

TEVYE
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

GOLDE
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

TEVYE
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?

GOLDE
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

MEN
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

WOMEN
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

TEVYE
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?

GOLDE
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day

PERCHIK
They look so natural together

HODEL
Just like two newlyweds should be

PERCHIK & HODEL
Is there a canopy in store for me?

ALL
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears