My Mother's Wedding Day 
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Pamela Britton
and various other artists



Meg:
Now if ye think this weddin' day went jus' a wee amiss
Then I will tell ye 'bout a weddin' far more daft than this
The lad involved turned out to be no other but my pa
An' by the strangest bit o' luck, the woman was my ma
MacGregor, MacKenna, MacGowan, MacGraw, MacVitie, MacNeil an' MacRae
Ay, all the folk in the village were there at my mother's weddin' day
For pa had asked his friend MacPhee, an' Mac had come with May MacGee
An' May invited ninety-three to my mother's weddin' day
Then up the road came Ed macKeen with half the town of Aberdeen

Ay, ev'ryone was on the scene at her mother's weddin' day

Meg:
At quarter to five everybody was there a-waitin' around in the room
MacVicker, MacDougall, MacDuff an' MacCoy--everybody but the groom
An' as the hours turtled by, the men got feelin' kind o' dry
An' thought they'd take a nip of rye while a-waitin' for the groom
An' while the men were dippin' in, the ladies started on the gin

An' soon the room began to spin at her mother's weddin' day

Meg:
Then all of a sudden the liquor was gone, the gin an' the whiskey an' all
An' all of a sudden the weddin' affair had become a bonnie brawl
For Pete MacGraw and Joe MacPhee began to fight for May MacGee
While May MacGee an' Sam MacKee were a-wooin' in the hall
So cold an' stiff was John MacVay, they used him for a servin' tray

For ev'ryone was blithe and gay at her mother's weddin' day

Meg:
MacDuff an' MacVitie were playin' a game, an' usin' MacCoy for the ball
MacKenna was eatin' the bridal bouquet, an' MacNeil hung on the wall
When finally my father came, his eyes were red, his nose aflame
He dinna even know his name; he was drunkest of them all
The people were lyin' all over the room a'lookin' as if they were dead
Then mother uncovered the minister quick, an' she told 'im: Go ahead
Then pa kneeled down on Bill MacRae, an' mother kneeled on Jock MacKay
The preacher stood on John MacVay, and that's how my ma was wed
It was a sight beyond compare. I ought to know, for I was there

There never was a day as rare as her mother's weddin' day!