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| Name: Michelle | 2011-10-12 |
A translation of it is-
Faithfully guided, draw near
to where the blessing of love shall preserve you!
Triumphant courage, the reward of love,
joins you in faith as the happiest of couples!
Champion of virtue, proceed!
Jewel of youth, proceed!
Flee now the splendour of the wedding feast,
may the delights of the heart be yours!
This sweet-smelling room, decked for love,
now takes you in, away from the splendour.
Faithfully guided, draw now near
to where the blessing of love shall preserve you!
Triumphant courage, love so pure,
joins you in faith as the happiest of couples! |
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| Name: Michelle | 2011-10-12 |
The Bridal Chorus is from Lohengrin and it does have lyrics written by Wagner. For the person who said that the reason this song is inappropriate for weddings because the wedding was between two transvestites, they were wrong. (I know this since I'm a music major who paid attention in class.) The couple who marries in the opera were Elsa (female) and Lohengrin (male).
The reason the song is thought to be inappropriate is because it was actually sung after the wedding right before when Lohengrin and Elsa were going to go consumate their marriage.It is also thought to be inappropriate due to the failure of Elsa and Lohengrin's marriage. (They had trust issues) The actual song used upon entering the church is Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral. (In my opinion, Elsa's Procession is a thousand times prettier, and one of my favorite pieces of Romantic music. I highly recommend giving it a listen.)
Anyways, the orriginal German lyrics are as follows-
Treulich geführt ziehet dahin,
wo euch der Segen der Liebe bewahr'!
Siegreicher Mut, Minnegewinn
eint euch in Treue zum seligsten Paar.
Streiter der Tugend, schreite voran!
Zierde der Jugend, schreite voran!
Rauschen des Festes seid nun entronnen,
Wonne des Herzens sei euch gewonnen!
Duftender Raum, zur Liebe geschmückt,
nehm' euch nun auf, dem Glanze entrückt.
Treulich geführt ziehet nun ein,
wo euch der Segen der Liebe bewahr'!
Siegreicher Mut, Minne so rein
eint euch in Treue zum seligsten Paar. |
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| Name: Helio | 2011-07-04 |
it is also in wedding-recessional-music.
there I just posted the original (Wagner) lyrics and an English translation. |
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| Name: Patrick | 2011-03-22 |
There are three versions I heard:
Here comes the bride
All dressed in white
Here comes the groom
Skinny as a broom
Here comes the usher
The old toilet flusher
Here comes the bride
Big, fat, and wide
Here comes the bride
All dressed in white
Where is the groom?
Down on Decatur St. [in Atlanta]
Sweeping out the room |
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| Name: mercy | 2011-01-01 |
| i just love this one |
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| Name: Sarah | 2010-10-04 |
Faithful and true
We lead ye forth
Where love triumphant
Shall crown ye with joy
Star of renown
Flower of the earth
Blessed be ye both
Far from all life's annoy
Champion victorious
Go thou before
Maid bright and glorious
Go thou before
Here comes the bride
Dressed all in white
Radiant and lovely she
Shines in his sight
Gently she glides
Graceful as a dove
Meeting her bridegroom
Her eyes full of love
Long have they waited
Long have the planned
Life stands before them
Holding their hands
Asking God’s blessings
As they begin life
with new meaning
Life shared as one
Enter God’s Union
Bow before his throne
Promise each other
To have and to hold |
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| Name: jim | 2010-06-19 |
"Elsa's Procession from the Cathedral" (Lohengrin)
Guided in faith, enter within,
where may the blessing of love attend you!
Victorious valour and the prize of love
unite you in trust as a blessed pair.
Champion of virtue, advance!
Flower of youth, advance!
Let the sound of revelry be shut out
and your heart's bliss be attained!
Now, removed from sight, take possession
Of this perfumed chamber, decked for love.
Guided in faith, now enter within,
where may the blessing of love attend you!
Victorious valour and pure love
unite you in trust as a blessed pair.
(As the two trains meet in the middle of the stage Elsa is led to Lohengrin)
EIGHT LADIES
As God has given you His blessing
we too wish you happiness.
Long remember this hour
in the course of love's Joy!
(The King embraces and blesses Lohengrin and Elsa. The pages give the signal to leave. The processions re-form and during the following pass by the newly married pair so that the men leave the chamber on the right, the ladies on the left.)
BRIDAL SONG
Guided in faith, stay within,
where may the blessing of love attend you!
Victorlous valour, love and happiness
unite you in trust as a blessed pair.
Champion of virtue, here remain!
Flower of youth, here remain!
Let the sound of revelry be shut out
and your heart's bliss be attained!
Now, removed from sight, take possession
of this perfumed chamber, decked for love. |
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| Name: Rach | 2010-05-25 |
"Here comes the bride all dressed in white,
Where is the Groom he is in the bathroom,
Why is he there,
He lost his underwear!!!" That is what I heard. I don't know the real thing. |
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| Name: redeye | 2009-08-13 |
The way I heard it when I was a kid, 60+ years ago, was:
Here comes the bride, big fat and wide, see how she wobbles from side to side. Here comes the groom skinny
as a broom....
I don't remember the rest of it. |
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| Name: smn | 2009-06-19 |
A few have mentioned that the Bridal Chorus is from Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" - they are right. And yes, since it's actually a chorus (check out the title!), there are indeed ORIGINAL words. Of course they're in German. You can research this yourself if you want, but here they are:
Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin,
Wo euch der Segen der Liebe bewahr!
Siegreicher Mut, Minnegewinn,
eint euch in Treue zum seligsten Paar.
Streiter der Tugend, schreite voran!
Zierde der Jugend, schreite voran!
Rauschen des Festes seid nun entronnen,
Wonne des Herzens sei euch gewonnen!
Duftender Raum, zur Liebe geschmückt,
nehm euch nun auf, dem Glanze entrückt.
(etc., etc - this is just the first two verses)
Some churches don't allow this piece for wedding processionals when/if they have a rule against using any music from the theater or from films. If this rule exists in your church, they'll also disallow Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" (usually a recessional) as it was composed as incidental music for the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
I am both a wedding musician and a bride at the moment. My wedding is next month, and we will be having a choir of our musical friends (many of whom also play weddings regularly) sing Wagner's Bridal Chorus in the original German 4-part choral arrangement. |
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| Name: CHERRY | 2009-06-03 |
| I meant to capitalize God's Name. I apologize. |
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| Name: CHERRY | 2009-06-03 |
Here comes the bride dressed all in light
Radiant and lovely she shines in his sight
Gently she glides graceful as a dove
Meeting her bridegroom her eyes full of love.
Love have they waited long have they planned
Life goes before them opening her hand.
Asking god's blessing as they begin
Life with new meaning, life shared as one
Entering God's union, bowed before His throne
Promise each other to have and to hold. |
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| Name: CHERRY | 2009-06-03 |
| The Life goes before them should be "Life stands before them." Sorry! |
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| Name: Kylie | 2009-01-11 |
Warning: this may spoil the song for you!
The Bridal Chorus comes from Wagner's opera Lohengrin. The song may be inappropriately used for formal weddings because the wedding in this opera is between two transvestites. In fact the song doesn't come until the end of the wedding, while people are following the two to the bridal bed. I didn't use it in my wedding for this reason. Glad I was a music major in college! |
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| Name: Jess | 2008-08-04 |
Who really wants the people at your wedding to think, "here comes the bride, big fat and wide"?
There are no lyrics to the song. It's not a song...it has no words. It's a piece of music...not meant to be sung.
It's done. |
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| Name: Cathy | 2008-03-02 |
Laura is right. These are the lyrics. The words are sang at many weddings and the the song is titled "Bridle Chorus". Faithful and true, we lead ye forth, where love triumphant shall crown you with joy!
Star of renown, flow’r of the earth, blest be ye both far from all life’s annoy.
Champion victorious go thou before! Maid bright and glorious, go thou before!
Mirth’s noisy revel ye’ve forsaken, tender delights for you now awaken!
Fragrant abode enshrine ye in bliss, splendor and state in joy yet dismiss.
Faithful and true, we lead ye forth, where love triumphant shall crown you with joy!
Star of renown, flow’r of the earth, blest be ye both far from all life’s annoy. |
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| Name: Kara | 2008-01-15 |
| I am trying to listen to the song |
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| Name: Kristina | 2007-12-10 |
| If you are interested in knowing the words and perhaps why this piece is less than appropriate for a wedding search the story and libretto for Wagner's Lohengrin. |
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| Name: Ashley | 2007-11-19 |
| What is wrong with going back to the traditional basics? This is a classic, beautifl song, and what bride doesn't dream of walking down the isle to this march? |
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| Name: danni | 2007-06-06 |
I am dying to find out the real lyrics to things song
If you could bear to but them on the internet that would be good |
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| Name: Suzanne | 2007-05-11 |
| Kevin: Do you know the rest of the lyrics? |
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| Name: Kevin | 2007-05-06 |
| The traditional song Here Comes The Bride "The Bridal Chorus" does have lyrics but the only lyrics I have found were the actual lyrics from Wagner's Opera which start off Faithful and True |
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| Name: Kaylee Wannaknow | 2007-03-23 |
| Then tell us Mr. Hendrix, what are the words of the song???? |
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| Name: ronnica Isaac | 2007-01-25 |
| I'm looking for a nice son to sing at a wedding! |
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| Name: stacy | 2006-12-10 |
| i want to hear it |
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| Name: MWF | 2006-11-17 |
| This piece of music originaly is from the Opera Lorengren by Richard Wagner. There are no "real" words though there have been contemporary lyrics written |
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| Name: Leslie | 2006-11-03 |
| Are you kidding me??!! You thought they were beautiful?? Someone must've changed the ORIGINAL lyrics for your wedding, C.J. Bryan, the ORIGINAL words are just like you said with the groom in the saloon. THIS SONG IS LITERALLY ABOUT A WHORE! Double-check me if you will, but this is the reason why MOST priests, preachers and pastors refuse to let it play in church. |
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| Name: Lisa | 2006-11-02 |
Ask any kids the words go...
Here comes the bride
Big fat and wide
Slipped on a banana peel
and went for a ride
= ) would be interested to know the real lyrics perhaps the person who had it sung at their wedding would care to enlighten us further?? |
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| Name: Larry | 2006-10-19 |
| You can just look the lyrics up on the internet. |
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| Name: Laura | 2006-08-29 |
| The song does not traditionally have lyrics. If it did, I'm sure Wagner would have written them in German, not English. Some modern words were added very recently and it has become known as "Here Comes The Bride" |
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| Name: Laura Aldridge | 2006-08-22 |
Faithful and true, we lead ye forth, where love triumphant shall crown you with joy!
Star of renown, flow’r of the earth, blest be ye both far from all life’s annoy.
Champion victorious go thou before! Maid bright and glorious, go thou before!
Mirth’s noisy revel ye’ve forsaken, tender delights for you now awaken!
Fragrant abode enshrine ye in bliss, splendor and state in joy yet dismiss.
Faithful and true, we lead ye forth, where love triumphant shall crown you with joy!
Star of renown, flow’r of the earth, blest be ye both far from all life’s annoy. Be ye Happy! |
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| Name: Connor | 2006-08-10 |
this is all i can find
Here comes bride
All dressed in white
Here comes the bride
With the groom by
Her side. |
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| Name: EHA | 2006-07-16 |
| The "chorus part" comes after the initial melody... |
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| Name: EHA | 2006-07-16 |
| "Here comes the bride" is not a tune, it's a march- from Wagner's Lohengrin. As far as I recall- marches don't usually have words, and if this one did, they'd be in German! Yikes. Research?... |
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| Name: renee | 2006-01-29 |
| Apparently, there ARE words to Wagner's Wedding March... I just watched "It Happened One Night" on TCM (Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert) and a boy's choir was singing it as she walked down the aisle at her formal wedding. I came to this site to try to find the words.... anybody out there able to help? |
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| Name: jmb | 2006-01-02 |
| I'm dying to know the real words to the song! |
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| Name: C. J. Hendrix | 2005-12-05 |
Hi,
Of course, it has words. It was sung at my wedding and it was beautiful. |
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| Name: Bryan | 2005-09-09 |
| Yes, I believe the wedding march does have lyrics becuase I once heard someone sing "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white" to that tune, although I'm not certain of the rest. There was also something in there that went "Where is the groom, down in the saloon", but the girl who sang it couldn't recall all the words, and I'm not certain she was serious about the second part. There's no problem, I guess, although since I thought you may have had it in your archives, well, at least you know as much of it as I do. Thanks, although you haven't helped me any. I'll let you know if I find it on the web. Bye. |
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