If you need to tune the guitar so special then it is all a lie. If "God" can't make standard guitar tuning sound that way, then you have not latched on to god at all... but wishful thinking.
Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
This song is based on the Bible verses regarding marriage. Not only is this song the ultimate wedding song but it is spiritual. It is one of the most perfect songs ever written.
my brother's fiance asked me to play this at their wedding... this is the first time i have heard of this song... and the wedding is in 2 weeks!!!! ahhh!!! i didn't know the guitar was like this! i am freaking out.
I'm a lot older and more cynical (thirty-five years older and two marriages later) than I was the first time I heard this song, but it STILL never fails to give me chills. Sigh. Other posters are right: it's THE wedding song.
This is the song my parents played at their wedding. My mom told me the name of the song and said I should look it up sometime. This song is so beautiful and to know my parents became man and wife to this song warms my heart.
Makes me teary eyed. I never knew until yesterday that this was the processional song at my parents wedding in 1977. I never even heard this before. It just makes me so sad because they were divorced in '89. And my mom passed away a few years ago. If only they could have found a way to be as happy as they were when they met. =(
Was there a wedding in the late 60's/early 70's that did not have this song played? It has always been one of my favorites and touches my emotions every time I hear it. Thanks!
I want the song We Are Siamese If You Please to be played at my wedding. I always get this song confused with that one from Lady And The Tramp, like the Madonna/Whore Complex so troublesome to so many marriages. Live in Nevada, where whores are cheap and legal. Ride a hooker, save a marriage.
When my wife and I were planning our wedding, I had a hands-off approach. She knew what she wanted, and I was fine with that. The only request I made was this song be played during the ceremony. The sound guy accidentally cut it short. Life can be funny:)
@KimandLexie did you miss the part where he sings "Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one." he is not singing about queer weddings
@libsemik I never said the singing or words were for a "queer wedding". Not quite sure where that came from, although I have sang at "Straight" and :"Queer" weddings. People are people-if they love each other and want to make a committment, who makes us a higher power to say they can't. Your comment was very un-necessary. I am fully aware of the words, remember?? I sang it for my "straight" sisters wedding. Couldn't you have just accepted the compliment and moved on?????
@KimandLexie The basis of this song is "very necessary" and I'm not talking about Paul stitching together scriptural truth w/o understanding & singing it for a guy (Peter) who would w/in 2 years molest a 14 year old and divorce his wife. The essence of these lyrics proceeds music. God clearly condemns the dishonorable passions of queers and those who applaud them. It's "two or three who gather in Christ"( Matt 18:15-20). not in queerness. How does Romans ch1 present God,Wrath,queer? Agree?
@libsemik And just because my e-mail address says Kim and Lexie, please do not foolishly assume that it is about two women. Lexie is my puppy. Please find better ways to spend your time.
This song is bittersweet. We had it sung at our wedding. Then 29 years later - he walked out without much of an explanation. That was 3 years ago and it still hurts so much....
This is the ultimate wedding song. I love this and I have and will. If I ever got married this is the song I would have my Uncle sing in the church. I finally found it. Awesome!
This song was sang by my future sister-in-law at our wedding at my request, 21 years ago when we were married in the High Sierra Mountains in an open camp ground. Nature, friends and this song made for a beautiful ceremony and wonderful memories.
This song is so beautiful. A friend sung it at our wedding and I've been singing it for others' weddings ever since. My father performed the ceremony for us and this song made him choke back tears. This song will always bring back special memories for all involved in your wedding. God Bless and thanks for the special memories.
The song will stand forever and so will they......The fact that Paul wrote this for peter when he got married and then felt that this song was so strong in meaning that he gave away the rights to the song and gave it public domain.....an awesome man, awesome sound and awesome group of amazing individuals
My Father sang this song with a very deep bass voice. It brings back many memories of him singing this song. He also did Ave Maria at weddings as well. He is gone now, but can still picture him singing this vividly!
I have loved this song since I was a little girl. I went to a wedding many years ago as a teenager and it was played. When I got married, I had this song sung at my wedding. I still love it and enjoy watching the wedding video still today.
I grew up on the 25th Anniversary Concert video, from which I BELIEVE this particular recording came. This song, and the others on that video, have left permanent marks on me, and will be a part of the musical heritage I hope to pass on to my own children someday, should heaven favor me with any.
This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I remember this song at my wedding. I was standing there by my future husband, thinking how blessed I am. I remember turning to him and saying how much I loved him. Unfortunately 20 years later we were divorced. But this song has truely touched me tonight.
Being that same sex marriage has been legalized in New York State, some couples would have this played at those ceremonies. Problem is this, though; Lyrically, this works best for an opposite sex marriage. Oh well...
@kja427 I do agree that lyrically, those words would not be appropriate, but they could be changed to accomodate any situation. It still makes me sad that so many people just don't get it. Who are we to judge? Thank you so much for your comment, I appreciate an intellegent one.
I just want to say thanks for taking the time to share these wonderful memories with us. I know posting anything can be difficult and time-consuming, the rewards often do not coincide with the work. I love PP&M, have raised my kids and now my grandchildren listening to their message of peace and love. It's people like you who make this possible. Again, thank you.
I am very late in posting a response to your comment, but I am glad to be of service and it warms my heart to see so many people enjoy this beautiful song.
this was the song we chose to go down the aisle to when we were married. 6/25/11 it will be 33 years!!! we had a duet play/sing the song at our wedding.
This was played at my and about 5 billion other weddings-what a tribute that (my) the marriage did not last,but the song endures. If (back then) someone had set us both down and besides the pretty tune and lyrics- shared the true reason for a marriage,bla bla-who knows? We probbly would have shut them out,but possibly we just might have listened....That was years ago-but still love the song-and what a beautiful voice!
Wow....... this is SUCH a beautiful song. It brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it. Now, I must say that PP&M were a HUGE part of my childhood. And though I'm still very young (I'm in highschool) I know I want this song played at my wedding, and any kind of PP&M at my funeral. Each one of the trio is incredibly gifted. I miss Mary beyond words.
Noel Paul wrote this for the wedding of Peter Yarrow and his wife. He refused to sing it in public until Peter requested it @ a 1971 concert. Paul created a foundation to receive and distribute the royalties of the “Wedding Song” to charity. He chose the name Public Domain Foundation (PDF), to signify that all revenues from the “Wedding Song” were, in effect, public funds to be channeled to the public good.
I knew and played with Peter, Paul, and Mary, but for a period they had broken up and were making their own solo records. This song came out on an Album titled simply 'Paul'
Today is my mom and dad's 29th wedding anniversary, this was one of the songs that was played at their wedding and it has been tradition to play this ever since they got married.
I have been around for 18 of their past years together, and I am so happy for them.
Does anyone has more these videos from this concert? I've already got Right Field, Don't go down to the quarry, and perhaps one more... But I would like to have the one where Paul is bringing the contrabass (I think) and is smiling along the way to Peter and Mary. This scene is shown in the video Carry It On, and I would like to have the whole video... Or at least some other videos from this concert.... So, if anyone has it, please upload it?
Does anyone has more these videos from this concert? I've already got Right Field, Don't go down to the quarry, and perhaps one more... But I would like to have the one where Paul is bringing the contrabass (I think) and is smiling along the way to Peter and Mary. This scene is shown in the video Carry It On, and I would like to have the whole video... Or at least some other videos from this concert.... So, if anyone has it, please upload it?
This was our wedding song but for the life of me I couldn't remember which song we used until I heard it years later. John played it for our 30th anniversary when he proposed to me and gave the engagement ring we had never been able to afford.
My husband and I had this in our wedding in May of 1982. One of the 2 Ministers who married us was the Sr Minister of the fairly large suburban Methodist Church where our families attended and we met. The other a former Methodist by then a Pastor of a Non-Denominational church from another city both were close family friends. The interesting thing to me was that the Minister had to first approve the song prior to allowing us to have it performed by a friend who is a professional opera singer.
This was my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversery song, we played it again when they renewed for their 50th, 2 months before my dad passed away. It always brings a tear to my eyes. :(
This was my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversery song, we played it again when they renewed for their 50th, 2 months before my dad passed away. It always brings a tear to my eyes.
Beautiful song, one of our favorite and a classic. We just uploaded what we consider to be some of The best new Wedding Songs & Marriage Quotations. Let me know if you agree or not!
This song is so beautiful. I used to hear it played on the radio all the time back in the summer of 1977. What a wonderful experience to which it contributed in my life at a time of great emotional pain followed by peace and fellowship with others. It appeared in my life at just the right time. Yes, there is Love.
This song is so beautiful. I used to hear it played on the radio all the time back in the summer of 1977. What a wonderful experience to which it contributed in my life at a time of great emotional pain followed by peace and fellowship with others. It appeared in my life at just the right time. Yes, there is love.
My dad and my (now late) aunt sang this song for my wedding in 1996 and I have never forgotten it. I will cherish this song forever. It's always been a favorite because my dad used to sing it just to sing it. Paul Stookey sure knew what he was doing when he wrote this wonderful song!
The 12-string is a custom made model, by Nick Apollonio. It's name is Benjamin and was a gift to Noel (Paul) Stookey from his wife Betty. The Wedding Song was originally written on another Apollonio 12-string, named Sebastian which subsequently became damaged and was unplayable for many years until about 2 years ago when Nick re-built it for Noel. There is also a song to the guitar itself, aptly named "Sebastian".
Love for my wife and my 2 month old son brought me to this page. I remember seeing Peter, Paul, and Mary in the summer of '93 and by the fall, I opened for the likes of Paul Stookey and others like Gordon Lightfoot. I am now long since out of the loop, but I will remember them forever, and this song; which was played by a friend at my wedding to my wonderful wife, Aree.
I have 67 videos uploaded of old Peter Paul and Mary videos and of the perhaps hundreds of comments I have received, I have only gotten 3 negative comments that I recall. I get comments every day and virtually none of them are negative. There are a lot of wonderful people out there who love good music!
@cschoon1213 I saw them 10 times. they were so ahead of their time. They talked about peace in 1960. They talked about drug reform in 1967. They talked about bullying in 1990. RIP Mary. Carry on guys.
Is there anyway to send me the mp3 of this song? I want to play it at my wedding on 5 March and cannot find it anywhere and I'm not too clued up on how to download etc...
Please count me among the lovers of great Folk music...actually just Great Music. This is the song I heard when my lovely spouse and I renewed our vows after 26 years.
What's best about the Christianity of Mr. Stookey is that it reflects Jesus' real intent - to stand up for the oppressed - even victims of religious oppression - and to appeal to reason and compassion when confronted with challenging issues. Which is why he supports marriage for gays and lesbians, gun control, Greenpeace and many other humanitarian efforts that organized religion is unfortunately completely at odds with.
To me, the music is like the harmony that I feel exuding from life here in Maine. Mr Stookey is a talented man, even more interesting if you ever get to meet him. My wife and I celebrate our vows with this music playing in the background.
Beautiful....divinely inspired indeed...some of the lyrics come from the Bible...didn't realize that Paul had become a Christian in the late 60's and has been part of a ministry...should have figured that out...I see he and Peter will be in concert nearby in the Spring...have to get me some tickets!
30 years ago - at our wedding a good friend of ours had played this song, we will always be blessed by this song - Thank You Paul Stookey for this song not just for us but to ALL who have played this at their weddings...to this date I still listen to it and brings tears to my eyes.
30 years ago - at our wedding a good friend of ours had played this song, we will always be blessed by this song - Thank You Paul Stookey for this song not just for us but to ALL who have played this at their weddings...to this date I still listen to it and brings tears to my eyes.
@gsmith074 - congratulations and best wishes always! it's great to be able to select such a memorable, yet easily remembered date such as 1/1/11!! our niece recently got married on 10/10/10 at 10am if you can believe that!!! LOL
@gsmith074 We had this in our wedding as well back in 1993. I worked hard getting this right when I sung it during our wedding. There would be no way I could sing this live; hehe I taped it and had the sound guy play it as a surprise for my wife!! She didn't have a clue what was happening! She knew what was next; but, she didn't in all actuality!! Best to you!!
This song reminds me of Peggy, we were married fifty years ago this year. She has been out of my life for over thirty years. She died twenty years ago , ten years into our divorce but my love still lives on.
May 20, 1989 My wedding day....standing in back of the Church, waiting to walk down the isle and this song was being sung. Thank you, Peter, Paul and Mary.
Such a beautiful day, For a wedding!!! they say a son is a son till he takes a wife, a daughter a daughters for the rest of her life. My son is getting married in a week.
I am blessed for his wife to be is a blessing in the family.
It was also the final song at my wedding in 1976. After 6 years of marriage I went astray and lost the woman that I will always love. This song will always remind me of what I had and lost. For Bretta Milner.
@cschoon1213 Sorry to hear that capttainex. Maybe you will get back together someday. It has been said that our parent's generation - the ones who fought WW2 was the greatest generation. And that may be true. They certainly knew how to build things. But their kids- our - generation knew how to write songs. Someone here wrote that Mary Travers is teaching the angels to write folk music. I certainly hope so.
@cschoon1213 Sorry to hear that capttaintx. Maybe you will get back together someday. It has been said that our parent's generation - the ones who fought WW2 was the greatest generation. And that may be true. They certainly knew how to build things. But their kids- our - generation knew how to write songs. Someone here wrote that Mary Travers is teaching the angels to write folk music. I certainly hope so.
@jaydubalso - Congratulations to you both. To wax philosophical, love is why we're here. Love makes life (with all its trials and tribulations) worthwhile. My husband and I hit our Silver Anniversary this year. We will celebrate with our two beautiful, and very much loved, children. Best Wishes to You Always.
A wonderful blend of brilliant finger-picking guitar and a great voice.
BluezGuitarz 16 hours ago
If you need to tune the guitar so special then it is all a lie. If "God" can't make standard guitar tuning sound that way, then you have not latched on to god at all... but wishful thinking.
thebp9999 1 week ago
I'm sorry... but the meaning of this song is a made up story. It causes many people to die around the world. I wish you would wake up.
thebp9999 1 week ago
Epic wedding song! I've got a rock wedding song on my profile if you'd like to check it out.
blackdecibelrecords 2 weeks ago
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Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
CarCriticAssessor 2 weeks ago
This song is based on the Bible verses regarding marriage. Not only is this song the ultimate wedding song but it is spiritual. It is one of the most perfect songs ever written.
Jimmy110459 2 weeks ago
@Jimmy110459
I agree and thanks for your thoughts.
:-)
cschoon1213 2 weeks ago
@Jimmy110459 I disagree.
thebp9999 1 week ago
@thebp9999 .......if you have ever read the Bible I think you would tend to agree.
Jimmy110459 1 week ago
@Jimmy110459 you are a big retarded fag
RichyB44 2 days ago
Thanks for posting, one of the greatest songs ever written!
annettenpaul 1 month ago
my brother's fiance asked me to play this at their wedding... this is the first time i have heard of this song... and the wedding is in 2 weeks!!!! ahhh!!! i didn't know the guitar was like this! i am freaking out.
TheGuitarloverboy 1 month ago
I'm a lot older and more cynical (thirty-five years older and two marriages later) than I was the first time I heard this song, but it STILL never fails to give me chills. Sigh. Other posters are right: it's THE wedding song.
NightingaleNine 1 month ago
Amazing song. Hope I get to see him on one of his tours.
LookRealty 1 month ago
This is the song my parents played at their wedding. My mom told me the name of the song and said I should look it up sometime. This song is so beautiful and to know my parents became man and wife to this song warms my heart.
NekoCat86 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Makes me teary eyed. I never knew until yesterday that this was the processional song at my parents wedding in 1977. I never even heard this before. It just makes me so sad because they were divorced in '89. And my mom passed away a few years ago. If only they could have found a way to be as happy as they were when they met. =(
AndThe2Become1Flesh 2 months ago
this was played at our wedding in 1990 and my 3 sisters followed suit in 2004, 2006 and 2010.
pearl752 2 months ago
There is love......
Sigh....
Rerem113 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Peter, Paul and Mary
played this at our wedding almost 23 years ago and still very happily together
MrTonvis 2 months ago
Thank You, I love this song.
rsfloortowall 2 months ago
How can anyone listen to this song and not get choked up? Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
cygnus53 2 months ago
For me that is the most tender and loving song.
noway2day1 3 months ago
"The Wedding Song" and "Danny's Song" are the prettiest songs in popular music.
Gravida12 3 months ago
I love this song it was played at WEDDING LAST DECEMBER 18TH.....WOW HOW THE FIRST YEAR HAS WENT FAST....I LOVE YOU CHRISTOPHER
63kdough 3 months ago
This song still kills me after over 30 years of being divorced to a woman I still love-Bretta Milner
capttaintex 3 months ago in playlist my songs
Simply one of the most beautiful songs ever penned to paper. Thanks, I'm all teared up now. LoL
ddjj68 3 months ago
Was there a wedding in the late 60's/early 70's that did not have this song played? It has always been one of my favorites and touches my emotions every time I hear it. Thanks!
cheerboo3stl 3 months ago
I want the song We Are Siamese If You Please to be played at my wedding. I always get this song confused with that one from Lady And The Tramp, like the Madonna/Whore Complex so troublesome to so many marriages. Live in Nevada, where whores are cheap and legal. Ride a hooker, save a marriage.
redfordforpresident 3 months ago
Simply one of the finest songs of the 20th century!
usa4israel 3 months ago
When my wife and I were planning our wedding, I had a hands-off approach. She knew what she wanted, and I was fine with that. The only request I made was this song be played during the ceremony. The sound guy accidentally cut it short. Life can be funny:)
CorkedFork 3 months ago
man this is beautiful i think he wrote it too
jrmelmer 4 months ago
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@tonywrestles2
If we were to limit our beliefs to only those things we could see we'd be without electricity and radio waves. What ya going to believe in then?
boatman222345 4 months ago
Love it! Was lucky enough to sing this at my sister's wedding. Thank you for sharing!
KimandLexie 4 months ago
@KimandLexie
You're welcome !
:-)
cschoon1213 4 months ago
@KimandLexie did you miss the part where he sings "Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one." he is not singing about queer weddings
libsemik 3 months ago
@libsemik I never said the singing or words were for a "queer wedding". Not quite sure where that came from, although I have sang at "Straight" and :"Queer" weddings. People are people-if they love each other and want to make a committment, who makes us a higher power to say they can't. Your comment was very un-necessary. I am fully aware of the words, remember?? I sang it for my "straight" sisters wedding. Couldn't you have just accepted the compliment and moved on?????
KimandLexie 3 months ago
@KimandLexie The basis of this song is "very necessary" and I'm not talking about Paul stitching together scriptural truth w/o understanding & singing it for a guy (Peter) who would w/in 2 years molest a 14 year old and divorce his wife. The essence of these lyrics proceeds music. God clearly condemns the dishonorable passions of queers and those who applaud them. It's "two or three who gather in Christ"( Matt 18:15-20). not in queerness. How does Romans ch1 present God,Wrath,queer? Agree?
usa4israel 3 months ago
@libsemik And just because my e-mail address says Kim and Lexie, please do not foolishly assume that it is about two women. Lexie is my puppy. Please find better ways to spend your time.
KimandLexie 3 months ago
Awesome song!!! My daughter will love this for her upcoming nuptials...
Chinniron 4 months ago
This is such a beautifull song, I love it.
video198712 4 months ago
three our of rheiry 31di
JakeMeisterAcoustic 4 months ago
This song is bittersweet. We had it sung at our wedding. Then 29 years later - he walked out without much of an explanation. That was 3 years ago and it still hurts so much....
ninakraai1 4 months ago
This is the ultimate wedding song. I love this and I have and will. If I ever got married this is the song I would have my Uncle sing in the church. I finally found it. Awesome!
TheAlinaLopez 4 months ago 3
@TheAlinaLopez
Yes it IS the ultimate wedding song and many people have had it sung at their weddings.
:-) Chuck S
cschoon1213 4 months ago 3
I've never married and maybe never have loved but I still believe.
GlenStace 4 months ago
This song was sang by my future sister-in-law at our wedding at my request, 21 years ago when we were married in the High Sierra Mountains in an open camp ground. Nature, friends and this song made for a beautiful ceremony and wonderful memories.
nanasark1 5 months ago
This song is so beautiful. A friend sung it at our wedding and I've been singing it for others' weddings ever since. My father performed the ceremony for us and this song made him choke back tears. This song will always bring back special memories for all involved in your wedding. God Bless and thanks for the special memories.
MamaOT305 5 months ago 6
@MamaOT305,
The pleasure is mine !
:-)
cschoon1213 5 months ago
You peole that upload these memories are so wonderful. Thank you. wjk
resi43 5 months ago
@resi43,
You are welcome and I appreciate your kind comment.
:-) Chuck
cschoon1213 5 months ago
The song will stand forever and so will they......The fact that Paul wrote this for peter when he got married and then felt that this song was so strong in meaning that he gave away the rights to the song and gave it public domain.....an awesome man, awesome sound and awesome group of amazing individuals
ronscottband 5 months ago
A more poignant song, I've not heard. Thanks for posting.
joelt6502 5 months ago
Check out the The Wedding Song - By My Side
basemann42 5 months ago
My Father sang this song with a very deep bass voice. It brings back many memories of him singing this song. He also did Ave Maria at weddings as well. He is gone now, but can still picture him singing this vividly!
BypassSurvivor 5 months ago
im 18, and i know its too early for me to think about marriage but one thing! i love this song and i this to be played on our wedding day! :)
klyJeL 5 months ago
@ klyJeL,
That is great.
Many people have had this song played at their weddings
cschoon1213 5 months ago 2
@klyJeL
Whatever your circumstance, this is a fine sentiment, and a pleasing song.
twinstu50 5 months ago
@klyJeL My parents had it at theirs. It's one of my mother's favorites.
jayanx 5 months ago
This is such a beautiful song,
noway2day1 5 months ago
We had this song at our wedding. It is SOoooooooo pretty!
caseyjz1 6 months ago
This was sung at our wedding 35 years ago. It seems like yesterday.
crochetcatcrafty 6 months ago
I am singing this song at my uncles wedding with my grandfather who will also be playing the guitar. I absolutly love this song!!!!!
srfondysinger 6 months ago
THIS WAS THE SONG AT OUR WEDDING.. THE WOMAN OF MY LIFE.. 25 YEARS AND STRONG!!
MrHELIMAN1 6 months ago
I have loved this song since I was a little girl. I went to a wedding many years ago as a teenager and it was played. When I got married, I had this song sung at my wedding. I still love it and enjoy watching the wedding video still today.
0815scarlett 6 months ago
I grew up on the 25th Anniversary Concert video, from which I BELIEVE this particular recording came. This song, and the others on that video, have left permanent marks on me, and will be a part of the musical heritage I hope to pass on to my own children someday, should heaven favor me with any.
TheSoulOfTheBard 6 months ago
This was sung on my wedding day..I love this song...
annmoore 6 months ago
Don't mention Dr. Phil and Paul Stookey in the same breath. In fact, refrain from mentioning Dr Phil at all!
HotDebrag 6 months ago in playlist peter paul and mary
I love this. thanks a million for sharing
pretty312 6 months ago 3
@pretty312,
You're welcome and I am happy that you liked it!
cschoon1213 6 months ago
This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I remember this song at my wedding. I was standing there by my future husband, thinking how blessed I am. I remember turning to him and saying how much I loved him. Unfortunately 20 years later we were divorced. But this song has truely touched me tonight.
Tesab85 7 months ago
Being that same sex marriage has been legalized in New York State, some couples would have this played at those ceremonies. Problem is this, though; Lyrically, this works best for an opposite sex marriage. Oh well...
kja427 7 months ago
@kja427 I do agree that lyrically, those words would not be appropriate, but they could be changed to accomodate any situation. It still makes me sad that so many people just don't get it. Who are we to judge? Thank you so much for your comment, I appreciate an intellegent one.
KimandLexie 3 months ago
This was my wedding song, We were married in 1980 for 28 years until he passed away in 2008. It still touches me.I miss you David.....
davidrm11 7 months ago 4
thumbs up if he looks like dr phil,...
strawbrrymarie 7 months ago
I just want to say thanks for taking the time to share these wonderful memories with us. I know posting anything can be difficult and time-consuming, the rewards often do not coincide with the work. I love PP&M, have raised my kids and now my grandchildren listening to their message of peace and love. It's people like you who make this possible. Again, thank you.
jehukjehe 7 months ago 12
@ jehukjehe,
I appreciate your kind words and thoughts.
It has been a great pleasure to see so many people enjoy these old videos.
cschoon1213 7 months ago 3
@jehukjehe there are no words to express my feelings for this song ,love --- miss you mary !! we all do !!
mo1147 7 months ago
@jehukjehe
I am very late in posting a response to your comment, but I am glad to be of service and it warms my heart to see so many people enjoy this beautiful song.
cschoon1213 2 weeks ago
I sang this at my son's wedding just a few years ago. Great song.
accousticdecay 7 months ago
this was the song we chose to go down the aisle to when we were married. 6/25/11 it will be 33 years!!! we had a duet play/sing the song at our wedding.
suitman36 7 months ago
This a song for the ages. When we are dust it will be heard.
MrDec202 8 months ago
This was my wedding song! We are still married 28 years later.
pattym567 8 months ago 2
What the hell is my old second hour math teacher doing up on that stage ??
blueticecho 8 months ago
This was played at my and about 5 billion other weddings-what a tribute that (my) the marriage did not last,but the song endures. If (back then) someone had set us both down and besides the pretty tune and lyrics- shared the true reason for a marriage,bla bla-who knows? We probbly would have shut them out,but possibly we just might have listened....That was years ago-but still love the song-and what a beautiful voice!
Pattilynne53 8 months ago
If I had the amount of talent that this man does in his pinkie.... I would have a significantly larger amount of talent.
saha1994 8 months ago
pla it at aa slower pace heavy bass string kik
dcconsi 8 months ago
Wow....... this is SUCH a beautiful song. It brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it. Now, I must say that PP&M were a HUGE part of my childhood. And though I'm still very young (I'm in highschool) I know I want this song played at my wedding, and any kind of PP&M at my funeral. Each one of the trio is incredibly gifted. I miss Mary beyond words.
startrekkin1701 8 months ago
The guitar used here was designed by Gordon Bok in the 1960's and made by Nikos Apollonio in Maine, US.
More info on Facebook --Apollo Stringed Instruments
guittern 8 months ago 3
@ guittern,
Interesting.
Thanks for the info !
cschoon1213 8 months ago
Noel Paul wrote this for the wedding of Peter Yarrow and his wife. He refused to sing it in public until Peter requested it @ a 1971 concert. Paul created a foundation to receive and distribute the royalties of the “Wedding Song” to charity. He chose the name Public Domain Foundation (PDF), to signify that all revenues from the “Wedding Song” were, in effect, public funds to be channeled to the public good.
cidspimms 8 months ago 2
Explain why the 7 year itch comes early??????
capttaintex 8 months ago
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nathanlippert 9 months ago
This was my parents wedding song, and someday, it will be mine too.
Julzees 9 months ago
I knew and played with Peter, Paul, and Mary, but for a period they had broken up and were making their own solo records. This song came out on an Album titled simply 'Paul'
tribegoddess 9 months ago
Today is my mom and dad's 29th wedding anniversary, this was one of the songs that was played at their wedding and it has been tradition to play this ever since they got married.
I have been around for 18 of their past years together, and I am so happy for them.
cahilzmusicmin 9 months ago
What a talent.
MrTops2100 10 months ago
I had this song play at my wedding <3
midnightaria 10 months ago
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BabyyaaAaronaa884 10 months ago
this song was my parent's wedding song! so happy for them!
missunshine93 10 months ago
Oh wait, I believe I can answer my own question: it appears to be an unusually-shaped 12 string, in a lowered tuning.
iluvj50 10 months ago
What the hell instrument is he playing?
iluvj50 10 months ago
@iluvj50 Giannini Craviola 12 string guitar
dougy4575 10 months ago
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Does anyone has more these videos from this concert? I've already got Right Field, Don't go down to the quarry, and perhaps one more... But I would like to have the one where Paul is bringing the contrabass (I think) and is smiling along the way to Peter and Mary. This scene is shown in the video Carry It On, and I would like to have the whole video... Or at least some other videos from this concert.... So, if anyone has it, please upload it?
forever91young 10 months ago
Does anyone has more these videos from this concert? I've already got Right Field, Don't go down to the quarry, and perhaps one more... But I would like to have the one where Paul is bringing the contrabass (I think) and is smiling along the way to Peter and Mary. This scene is shown in the video Carry It On, and I would like to have the whole video... Or at least some other videos from this concert.... So, if anyone has it, please upload it?
forever91young 10 months ago
What a beautiful song ... what inspiration this man must have had to write these
lyrics...and the tune my gosh its incredible.
timmysone 11 months ago 2
I'll be singing this song at a wedding next month!! :)
I'm hoping that my boyfriend will be up for joining in on guitar and vocals, cuz us singing and playing guitar together is just amazing!! :)
Dadsgrl4evr 11 months ago 2
This was our wedding song but for the life of me I couldn't remember which song we used until I heard it years later. John played it for our 30th anniversary when he proposed to me and gave the engagement ring we had never been able to afford.
katycan1000 11 months ago
I know exactly what you are saying.
It's get just that thrill of truth inside it, that it just has to touch your heart..
at least if your sensible to to the soul of Gods creation..
What a precious song this is!!
:-)))
SIXXION 11 months ago
What a great song!
accidently found it while searching for music for a wedding video.
absolutely great song!
SIXXION 11 months ago 5
@SIXXION ,
I am glad you found it.
To this day, it still brings tears to my eyes.
If you are getting married, then I wish the best for you !
cschoon1213 11 months ago 7
My husband and I had this in our wedding in May of 1982. One of the 2 Ministers who married us was the Sr Minister of the fairly large suburban Methodist Church where our families attended and we met. The other a former Methodist by then a Pastor of a Non-Denominational church from another city both were close family friends. The interesting thing to me was that the Minister had to first approve the song prior to allowing us to have it performed by a friend who is a professional opera singer.
shcarpenter 11 months ago
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This was my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversery song, we played it again when they renewed for their 50th, 2 months before my dad passed away. It always brings a tear to my eyes. :(
NHAQUEES 11 months ago
This was my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversery song, we played it again when they renewed for their 50th, 2 months before my dad passed away. It always brings a tear to my eyes.
NHAQUEES 11 months ago
@cschoon1213 Amen. When I hear this song I think of 1 Corinthians 13 the Greatest is Love.
BBQFanNo1 11 months ago
@BBQFanNo1 you are correct , and much more than just that, the entire song is totally Biblical.
shcarpenter 11 months ago
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Lovely song! I want to play it at my wedding in 3 weeks, how can i download it please. Thank you.
lilosham 11 months ago
Lovely song! I want to play it at my wedding in 3 weeks, how can i download it please. Thank you.
lilosham 11 months ago
Beautiful song, one of our favorite and a classic. We just uploaded what we consider to be some of The best new Wedding Songs & Marriage Quotations. Let me know if you agree or not!
VideosFromPhotos 1 year ago
a classic is a classic and this is definitely a classic.
sexylasvegaslady 1 year ago
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This song is so beautiful. I used to hear it played on the radio all the time back in the summer of 1977. What a wonderful experience to which it contributed in my life at a time of great emotional pain followed by peace and fellowship with others. It appeared in my life at just the right time. Yes, there is Love.
LTp465g 1 year ago
This song is so beautiful. I used to hear it played on the radio all the time back in the summer of 1977. What a wonderful experience to which it contributed in my life at a time of great emotional pain followed by peace and fellowship with others. It appeared in my life at just the right time. Yes, there is love.
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vishakarethiva 1 year ago
My dad and my (now late) aunt sang this song for my wedding in 1996 and I have never forgotten it. I will cherish this song forever. It's always been a favorite because my dad used to sing it just to sing it. Paul Stookey sure knew what he was doing when he wrote this wonderful song!
monkeefan75 1 year ago
The 12-string is a custom made model, by Nick Apollonio. It's name is Benjamin and was a gift to Noel (Paul) Stookey from his wife Betty. The Wedding Song was originally written on another Apollonio 12-string, named Sebastian which subsequently became damaged and was unplayable for many years until about 2 years ago when Nick re-built it for Noel. There is also a song to the guitar itself, aptly named "Sebastian".
banker509 1 year ago
Does anyone know what make and model 12-string he's playing here?
andywiner 1 year ago
Awesome tune.... PP&M rocked.
HepcatNZ 1 year ago
Love for my wife and my 2 month old son brought me to this page. I remember seeing Peter, Paul, and Mary in the summer of '93 and by the fall, I opened for the likes of Paul Stookey and others like Gordon Lightfoot. I am now long since out of the loop, but I will remember them forever, and this song; which was played by a friend at my wedding to my wonderful wife, Aree.
maestroaxeman 1 year ago
One of the best songs ever written............ Amen
moparmtn 1 year ago
beautiful song indeed!
CrazyNative4 1 year ago
This is a classic
elias909antonas 1 year ago
@cschoon1213
if you speak to god..... you are praying
if god speaks to you... you are insane.
or as old german chancellor helmut schmidt said:
if i should ever have a vison, i would contact my doctor immediately:-)
(just an interjection which you can leave unanswered as i will not appear here agein
friederich66 1 year ago
You know what amazes me?
I have 67 videos uploaded of old Peter Paul and Mary videos and of the perhaps hundreds of comments I have received, I have only gotten 3 negative comments that I recall. I get comments every day and virtually none of them are negative. There are a lot of wonderful people out there who love good music!
cschoon1213 1 year ago 28
@cschoon1213 this song is fab, it will never go out of style! that's paul stookie at his finest! :)
CrazyNative4 1 year ago
@cschoon1213 I saw them 10 times. they were so ahead of their time. They talked about peace in 1960. They talked about drug reform in 1967. They talked about bullying in 1990. RIP Mary. Carry on guys.
genecorrado 1 year ago
@cschoon1213 A M E N !
kichemanitou 11 months ago
@cschoon1213
Is there anyway to send me the mp3 of this song? I want to play it at my wedding on 5 March and cannot find it anywhere and I'm not too clued up on how to download etc...
lilosham 11 months ago
@cschoon1213 :
Please count me among the lovers of great Folk music...actually just Great Music. This is the song I heard when my lovely spouse and I renewed our vows after 26 years.
some things are immortal.
Paralipa 11 months ago
@cschoon1213 Thanks for the uploads .... I 'grew up' with PP&M in the 60's and 70's. I miss them.
rimvisions 10 months ago
@ rimvisions,
You are quite welcome !
My pleasure. :-)
cschoon1213 10 months ago
@cschoon1213 correct !!
mo1147 7 months ago
there's a little bit the same from the song "rhymes and reason" by john denver..
TheRainkisser 1 year ago
It is Divine, somehow you know don't you? And people say "God doesn't talk to me!" listen to this.
bobbyfozz 1 year ago
It would be nice to personally experience this period of life described in the song.
jonnda 1 year ago
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jonnda 1 year ago
What's best about the Christianity of Mr. Stookey is that it reflects Jesus' real intent - to stand up for the oppressed - even victims of religious oppression - and to appeal to reason and compassion when confronted with challenging issues. Which is why he supports marriage for gays and lesbians, gun control, Greenpeace and many other humanitarian efforts that organized religion is unfortunately completely at odds with.
vitoroppo 1 year ago
@vitoroppo Right On!
Houdini774 1 year ago
@Houdini774: So glad you get it!
vitoroppo 1 year ago
Wow! How many weddings did we go to where this song was played? Definitely more than I can remember!
hopefloats57 1 year ago
To me, the music is like the harmony that I feel exuding from life here in Maine. Mr Stookey is a talented man, even more interesting if you ever get to meet him. My wife and I celebrate our vows with this music playing in the background.
wi11y1960 1 year ago
Beautiful....divinely inspired indeed...some of the lyrics come from the Bible...didn't realize that Paul had become a Christian in the late 60's and has been part of a ministry...should have figured that out...I see he and Peter will be in concert nearby in the Spring...have to get me some tickets!
sueq1261 1 year ago 2
30 years ago - at our wedding a good friend of ours had played this song, we will always be blessed by this song - Thank You Paul Stookey for this song not just for us but to ALL who have played this at their weddings...to this date I still listen to it and brings tears to my eyes.
shamrok774jesus 1 year ago
30 years ago - at our wedding a good friend of ours had played this song, we will always be blessed by this song - Thank You Paul Stookey for this song not just for us but to ALL who have played this at their weddings...to this date I still listen to it and brings tears to my eyes.
shamrok774jesus 1 year ago
We are having this in our wedding on 01.01.11! My parents also had it in their wedding in 1972. It is timeless and beautiful!
gsmith074 1 year ago 8
@ gsmith074,
That is marvelous!
Congratulations to you.
cschoon1213 1 year ago
@gsmith074 - congratulations and best wishes always! it's great to be able to select such a memorable, yet easily remembered date such as 1/1/11!! our niece recently got married on 10/10/10 at 10am if you can believe that!!! LOL
dinan545bmw 1 year ago
@gsmith074 - I love the date of your wedding. I know a couple married on 7-7-77. I'm not superstitious, but that's cool.
sandinmyears1 1 year ago
@gsmith074 May both of you live happily ever after.
abuzafar 1 year ago
@gsmith074 Warmest congratulations! May you both live happily ever after.
abuzafar 1 year ago
@gsmith074 We had this in our wedding as well back in 1993. I worked hard getting this right when I sung it during our wedding. There would be no way I could sing this live; hehe I taped it and had the sound guy play it as a surprise for my wife!! She didn't have a clue what was happening! She knew what was next; but, she didn't in all actuality!! Best to you!!
bearkevin1 10 months ago
This song reminds me of Peggy, we were married fifty years ago this year. She has been out of my life for over thirty years. She died twenty years ago , ten years into our divorce but my love still lives on.
stoneless1945 1 year ago
there is love:) reminds me of my best friend bean. and of course my hub-a- roni !
Lucidamy74 1 year ago
I sang this to my wife at our wedding. The nost beautiful song ever sang!!
djdoc911 1 year ago
When was this broadcast?
TLDriver66 1 year ago
Well the lady is still not replaced and will probably never will nr. Such a terrible happening in a man's life but still no woman.
capttaintex 1 year ago
May 20, 1989 My wedding day....standing in back of the Church, waiting to walk down the isle and this song was being sung. Thank you, Peter, Paul and Mary.
Rustina61 1 year ago
Such a beautiful day, For a wedding!!! they say a son is a son till he takes a wife, a daughter a daughters for the rest of her life. My son is getting married in a week.
I am blessed for his wife to be is a blessing in the family.
MsBuddles 1 year ago
It was also the final song at my wedding in 1976. After 6 years of marriage I went astray and lost the woman that I will always love. This song will always remind me of what I had and lost. For Bretta Milner.
capttaintex 1 year ago 10
@ capttaintex, I hold it true, what'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
~~~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memoriam:27
1850
My heart goes out to you.
~~~ Chuck
cschoon1213 1 year ago 8
@cschoon1213 Sorry to hear that capttainex. Maybe you will get back together someday. It has been said that our parent's generation - the ones who fought WW2 was the greatest generation. And that may be true. They certainly knew how to build things. But their kids- our - generation knew how to write songs. Someone here wrote that Mary Travers is teaching the angels to write folk music. I certainly hope so.
EssexAP 1 year ago
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@cschoon1213 Sorry to hear that capttaintx. Maybe you will get back together someday. It has been said that our parent's generation - the ones who fought WW2 was the greatest generation. And that may be true. They certainly knew how to build things. But their kids- our - generation knew how to write songs. Someone here wrote that Mary Travers is teaching the angels to write folk music. I certainly hope so.
EssexAP 1 year ago
@capttaintex Hang in there my friend.......For tomorrow will bring us another day.Think positive & you'll be ok. Pilot53
Australia
ThePilot53 1 year ago
@capttaintex Sorry but hopefully you have or had found another love to light your life
frankanddanna 1 year ago
@capttaintex bless you
jbdmed 1 year ago
@capttaintex God bless you
jbdmed 1 year ago
@capttaintex
This was the final song at my wedding in 1978, we just had our 33rd anniversary. We're more in love than ever.
jaydubalso 9 months ago
@jaydubalso - Congratulations to you both. To wax philosophical, love is why we're here. Love makes life (with all its trials and tribulations) worthwhile. My husband and I hit our Silver Anniversary this year. We will celebrate with our two beautiful, and very much loved, children. Best Wishes to You Always.
mjcamck71 8 months ago
@capttaintex Sometimes the 7-year-itch arrives early.
etbella3 8 months ago