Father of the Bride/Bride - Mother of the Groom/GroomLove Songs and First Dances
Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World sung by Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole
Most wedding receptions will start with the brand new husband and wife having their first romantic dance as their life together begins.  After the first dance, tradition has two further dances. The first of these is with everyone dancing, but led by the bride and her father with the second again everyone, but led by the groom and his mother. It's entirely upto you how many songs you have to start your new life together. Some only have one and invite their guests to join them half way through. Others have two and do the first on their own and invite all guests to join in on the second. The only advice we can offer is to do what you feel is right. Some people hate the thought of dancing infront of their friends and family, other relish it. One thing we really can help with is the choice of song. Unfortunataly when you listen to most slow songs, they are actually about people breaking up so not very suitable as a first dance! Here are the lyrics to a song that is about people being in love, Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World sung by Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole, so you can see if the lyrics suit your situation. You can also hear an audio sample and check out some father/bride and mother/groom songs too, all by scrolling down.
Wedding Song List
Lyrics to
Over the Rainbow /
What a Wonderful World
sung by Israel 'Iz'
Kamakawiwo'ole
Ooooo, oooooo, ohoohohoo
Ooooo, ohooohoo, oooohoo
Ooooo, ohoohooo, oohoooo
Oohooo, oohoooho, ooooho
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby Ii Ii Iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops tats where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I Iiii
Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I... I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world woohoorld
Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I hiii?
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
Ooooo, oooooo, oooooo
To hear a sample of this song, courtesy of amazon.co.uk, where you can also purchase the track on CD, click below:
To view the lyrics to prospective Father of the Bride / Bride dances
A Wedding's Second Dance - Select from the list below:
Father of the Bride and Bride Dances
To view the lyrics to prospective Mother of the Groom / Groom dances
A Wedding's Third Dance - Select from the list below:
Mother of the Groom / Groom
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