Ceremony Songs

Hello All!

I need some opinions,

My FH wants to have a family member sing Amazing Grace at our ceremony as well as having another family member sing a song. Do you think that Amazing Grace is a typical song to be at a wedding? I thought it was a funeral song. Do any of you have any other song suggestions?

thanks in advance for your help!

Is your ceremony religious?
The song Day by Day from Godspell is a really pretty song with a religious theme to it.
Also we're thinking about having FH's sister sing the Irish wedding song at our reception, both our families are irish.
I do think amazing grace is a bit of a sad song....

hi!

Our ceremony is not religious...we are having at our RH. We have a whole year to decide...but i am trying to get our ideas in order and see what some of the girls thought.

I will look up the lyrics to the song you suggested.
thanks!

I am glad you agree about Amazing Grace

I love amazing grace, I think its one of the most beautfiul songs ever, but when I hear it it tears me up....
I just associate it with sadness.....

Yes, I totally agree with you!

My FH wants his daughter to sing it at our ceremony. I really thought it was a sad song as well and so do a few other people. I gave him the lyrics to read because I honestly don't think he knows what they are....I am hoping he changes his mind after reading them......I told him if he REALLY wants her to sing it then okay....

I have only heard it at funerals...he says he heard it at a wedding

forgot to add that....

FH wants his daughter to sing something at our ceremony....any thoughts on something that a 13 year old can sing at a wedding ceremony???

that is a good idea....I will keep that song in mind....I am going to look up the lyrics.

thanks ladies!!

you have a good point....like our officiant said 'it is about whatever you want'

If it makes him and his daughter happy, then I can get used the idea of the song.

Wow, I got goosebumps reading about Amazing Grace.
I've always associated it with funerals, and Ave Maria with weddings.
Somewhere from West Side Story is a lovely idea.

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Posted by csaburro

Hello All!

I need some opinions,

My FH wants to have a family member sing Amazing Grace at our ceremony as well as having another family member sing a song. Do you think that Amazing Grace is a typical song to be at a wedding? I thought it was a funeral song. Do any of you have any other song suggestions?

thanks in advance for your help!

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well my fh plays the bagpipes and my family was asking him if the pipers at our wedding would play amazing grace - he said its not a wedding song - its typically played at funerals.
how about Ave Maria?

I like Ave Maria but here is the deal. His daughter is 12 and will be 13 by the time of our wedding. I think Ave Maria might be a bit complicated for her to sing....it is worth a shot to have her try it out since we have a whole year.

I really appreciate everyone's input.....it helps a lot!!

HHMMM There is love?

How does that song go? I am going to look up lyrics....

THERE IS LOVE (Paul Stookey)

- Wedding Song -

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain,
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name,
There is love. There is love.

Oh, a man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home.
They will travel on to where the two will be as one.
As it was in the beginning, is now until the end,
woman draws her life from man
and gives it back again and there is love.
Oh, there's love.

Well then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life?
For is loving is the answer then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
Oh, there's love. There is love.

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
there is love. Oh, there is love.

I really like that!

thanks!!!!

Has anyone heard the new Loreena McKennitt song, 'The Never-Ending Road'? It's lovely... especially for any Celtic brides. I'm hoping to get an Uilleann piper to play it during the ceremony. We'll see... You can hear a short clip of it at:

http://www.quinlanroad.com/audio/anancientmuse/neverendingroad.mp3

Here are the lyrics:

NEVER-ENDING ROAD (AMHRÁN DUIT)
Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt

The road now leads onward
As far as can be
Winding lanes
And hedgerows in threes
By purple mountains
And round every bend
All roads lead to you
There is no journey’s end.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

Deep in the winter
Amidst falling snow
High in the air
Where the bells they all toll
And now all around me
I feel you still here
Such is the journey
No mystery to fear.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

The road now leads onward
And I know not where
I feel in my heart
That you will be there
Whenever a storm comes
Whatever our fears
The journey goes on
As your love ever nears

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands