Peter, Paul and Mary - Wedding Song "There is Love" (25th Anniversary Concert)
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Published 2013-06-17
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"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" is a song written by Noel Paul Stookey in the fall of 1969 and first performed at the wedding of Peter Yarrow - Stookey's co-member of Peter, Paul and Mary - to Mary Beth McCarthy at St Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar MN: Stookey was best man at the ceremony which took place in the evening of October 18, 1969.
Stookey had written the song on a midnight flight between Peter, Paul and Mary concert dates in San Jose and Boston setting out to write a song for Yarrow's wedding which would convey Stookey's Christian convictions while respecting Yarrow's Jewish faith.
According to Stookey "the melody and the words [of "Wedding Song"] arrived simultaneously and in response to a direct prayer asking God how the divine could be present at Peter's wedding." (The first two lines of the song's second verse: "A man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home/ And they shall travel on to where the two shall be as one", is largely a paraphrase of the text of Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.") Believing he could not take personal credit for composing "The Wedding Song", Stookey set up the Public Domain Foundation which since 1971 has received the song's songwriting royalties for charitable distribution.
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Lyrics:
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love,
there is Love.
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.
As it was in the beginning is now and til the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love,
there is Love.
Well then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life?
For if loving is the answer, then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
Oh there is Love,
there is Love.
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love,
there is Love.
All Comments (21)
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This is my parents Wedding song. They had an amazing marriage for 42 years. I listen often to this to think of my dad who passed just 9 days after their anniversary.
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I am 62 years old and have suffered from depression and anxiety all my life. Listening to Peter, Paul and Mary reduces my symptoms by 80%.😂😂😂😁😁😁. I miss Mary so much. 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭
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Played it at my wedding, May 25, 1975. This just came to me this afternoon. May 22, 2024. Love it.
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Paul Stookey wrote to me personally when I wrote him a letter and asked how he played this song. I did not realize at the time that he tuned his 12 string down a step and a half and played it with G, C, and D shaped chords. Beautiful song written by a beautiful soul! God bless him.
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My cousin sang this at my wedding in 1995. Such a beautiful song!
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This is the song my Grandpa sang at my wedding as I walked down the aisle. Love this song so much!
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In my 85 years I don't believe I've ever heard a more beautiful song, lyrics and melody. It just makes my heart sing and think of my late husband who I will love until I draw my last breath.
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I am 75 years old and married 55 years May 25, 2023. The most beautiful and comforting music/lyrics ever.
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We chose this song to be played at our wedding 50 years ago. Still listening to it!
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My now departed brother played this at my wedding 45 years ago. An equally gifted musician, this reaches my soul and beyond
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My Uncle played guitar 🎸 and sung this song at our wedding almost 45 years ago. 🥰 Uncle Claude was buried yesterday ☹️ He was 82. That song will ALWAYS be special to me!❣️
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Married for 50 years wish I had known this song! Gives me chills!❤️❤️
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One of the greatest songs ever!
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The most beautiful wedding song ever written.❤❤
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One man. One guitar. And a huge crowd listening in abslute silence. It’s a musical miracle.
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One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard!
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So beautiful - I got all teary-eyed and choked up listening to this. Would that the world would go back to these values! Been married for 49 years now, and still there is love....
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This was sung at our church wedding as we lit our unity candle. Still gives me chills as I think about it 37 years later <3 Beautiful song!
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This was the first song played at my wedding to my lovely wife of 49 years!!
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Don't know why I'm balling while hearing this song. Very emotional.
