ARTIST: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe TITLE: My Mother's Wedding Day Lyrics and Chords [Brigadoon] Now if you think this wedding day Went just a wee amiss Then I will tell you 'bout a wedding Far more daft than this The lad involved turned out to be No other but my pa And by the strangest bit o' luck The woman was my ma / Am - - - / / / / G7 - - - / / Am Dm Am D7 / Esus4 Dm7 E - / MacGregor, MacKenna, MacGowan, MacGraw MacVitie, MacNeil, and MacRay Aye all of the folk in the village were there On my mother's wedding day For pa had asked his friend MacPhee And Mac had come with May MacGee And May invited ninety-three To my mother's wedding day Then up the road came Ed MacKeen With half the town of Aberdeen Aye everyone was on the scene At my mother's wedding day / C - - - / / / G7 - C - / / F - C7sus4 F / C7sus4 F C7sus4 F / F - C7sus4 F / G7 - C - / / " / " / F - Bb F / - Bb F - / At quarter to five everybody was there A-waiting around in the room MacVicker, MacDougal, MacDuff and MacCoy Everybody but the groom And as the hours turtled by The men got feeling kinda dry And thought they'd take a nip of rye While a-waiting for the groom And while the men were dipping in The ladies started on the gin And soon the room began to spin On my mother's wedding day Then all of a sudden the liquor was gone The gin and the whiskey and all And all of a sudden the wedding affair Had become a bonny brawl For Pete MacGraw and Joe MacPhee Began to fight for May MacGee While May MacGee and Sam MacKee Were a-wooing in the hall So cold and stiff was John MacVay They used him for a serving tray Oh everyone was bright and gay At my mother's wedding day MacDuff and MacVitie were playing a game And using MacCoy for the ball MacKenna was eating the bridal bouquet And MacNeil hung on the wall Then finally my father came His eyes were red his nose aflame He dinna even know his name He was drunkest of 'em all / C - - - / / / G7 - C - / / F - C7sus4 F / C7sus4 F C7sus4 F / F - C7sus4 F / G7 - C - / The people were lying all over the room A-looking as if they were dead Then mother uncovered the minister quick And she told him go ahead Then pa kneeled down on Bill MacRay And mother kneeled on Jock MacKay The preacher stood on John MacVay And that's how my ma was wed And 'til today the folks declare It was a mess beyond compare I ought to know, for I was there [There never was a day so fair / As] At my mother's wedding day
How to read these chord charts