# What are the "traditional" lyrics to "Here Comes the Bride"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 21, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534 "2005-07-21T21:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/21 "2005-07-25T20:09:53Z")
“…till death do you part?” “I do.” “You may bang the bride.” _—bow chicka bow bow—_ ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/22 "2005-07-25T21:07:58Z")
How coincidental. I was listening to _Lohengrin_ just the other day and wondered if there was any ubiquitously used music for the wedding march _prior_ to the mid-1800s (i.e. – prior to _Lohengrin_). I probably should open a new thread for this, but hey, maybe someone who’s monitoring this thread can supply a simple answer. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/23 "2005-07-26T00:38:25Z")
> [@Algernon](#): > > How coincidental. I was listening to _Lohengrin_ just the other day and wondered if there was any ubiquitously used music for the wedding march _prior_ to the mid-1800s (i.e. – prior to _Lohengrin_). Why, Chopin’s Funeral Etude, of course! The first four notes of which have the same rhythm as the first four notes of the _Lohengrin_ wedding march. ---
**Author:** ![Katie\_Bowen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Katie\_Bowen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katie_Bowen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/24 "2011-07-14T23:05:12Z")
In elementary school, I read a Junie B. Jones book with that song in it. The lyrics in the book were: Here comes the bride, All dressed in white, Her name is Clyde, And she reads TV Guide. ---
**Author:** ![HamishBlake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@HamishBlake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HamishBlake)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/25 "2011-07-14T23:16:18Z")
It’s here comes the bride So fat and wide Tear down the church doors To Get her inside Here comes the groom Into the room While his mother-in-law Rides in on her broom ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/26 "2011-07-15T00:24:15Z")
The version I was taught by my aunt doesn’t mention ushers, but does bring in the possibility of bastardy: _Here comes the bride All dressed in white Here comes the groom As skinny as a broom Here comes the baby Pants full of gravy_ ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534/27 "2011-07-15T01:21:14Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Why, Chopin’s Funeral Etude, of course! > > The first four notes of which have the same rhythm as the first four notes of the _Lohengrin_ wedding march. Are you thinking perhaps of the graveyard march in Chopin’s Bflat minor (“Funeral March”) _Sonata_? I’ll top that with the slow movement in Beethoven’s Third (“Eroica”) Symphony. I never thought of the connections before. All three clearly are marches… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-traditional-lyrics-to-here-comes-the-bride/313534.md?page=1)