# Didja ever notice... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-ever-notice/303472 "2005-05-11T23:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-ever-notice/303472/1 "2005-05-11T23:11:57Z")
… that the first four notes “Here Comes the Bride”\* are in exactly the same rhythm as the first four notes of the Chopin etude they always play at funerals? \*) More properly known as the Bridal Chorus from Act III of Wagner’s _Lohengrin_ ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-ever-notice/303472/2 "2005-05-12T00:32:48Z")
Yes. Sometimes I mess up when I hum one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![AThingWithFeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@AThingWithFeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AThingWithFeathers)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-ever-notice/303472/3 "2005-05-12T02:09:47Z")
I always thought they were the same song. Granted, I’ve not been to as many weddings (one I can remember), so maybe it takes a few times to differentiate between the two beats. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didja-ever-notice/303472/4 "2005-05-12T03:16:14Z")
My daughter, when she was about three, dressed up in white to play bride one day and came out of her room carrying a bouquet of silk flowers and singing softly: “Here comes the bride, Here comes the bride, Happy birthday dear… ummm…”