Finale Act I

Lyrics

[CHOIR] Let the church light up with the glory That belongs to every bride and groom May the first bright day of their story Be a flower that will ever bloom [ENSEMBLE, spoken] What happens in a church during the wedding march? What suddenly rises in our hearts, and hurts us? [MAN 1, spoken] Is it the effect of the music? [WOMAN 1, spoken] Or is it the sight of two lovers [ENSEMBLE, spoken] Two lovers [WOMAN 2, spoken] Looking like two very serious children? [JOE, spoken] I hope I'll make Jennie a good husband [GRANDMA, spoken] You were always a good boy [MINISTER, spoken] Dearly beloved We are gatherеd together herе in the sight of God And in the face of this company To join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony [ENSEMBLE, spoken] A change has come over us! [MAN 2, spoken] The simple words The commonplace words And the two serious children listening A change has come over us The whispered jokes The cracks that seemed funny a few moments ago Aren't funny anymore This is no time for the humorous skeptic Or the gloomy prophet This is a time for hope [ENSEMBLE, spoken] These children desperately need our hope [MINISTER, spoken] If any man can show just cause Why they may not be lawfully joined together Let him now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace [CHARLIE, spoken] I, I hardly know the girl She may turn out swell [HAZEL, spoken] I know she loves him She fought his mother She fought her own father She loves him, all right [NED, spoken] The boy has a right to try medicine if he wants He could always come in with me later, as Jennie says [MINISTER, spoken] Joseph, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together— [GRANDMA] Starting out so foolishly small It's hard to believe they will grow at all But winters go by and summers fly And all of a sudden, they're men [JOE, spoken] I will [MINISTER, spoken] Janet [MARJORIE, spoken] Jennie, listen [MINISTER, spoken] Janet, wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband To live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? [MARJORIE, spoken] Wilt thou love him? Comfort him? Honor and keep him, in sickness and in health And forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him So long as ye both shall live? Jennie? [JENNIE, spoken] I will [MINISTER, spoken] Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? [NED, spoken] I do [MINISTER, spoken] I, Joseph, take thee, Janet, to my wedded wife [JOE, spoken] I, Joseph, take thee, Janet, to my wedded wife [MINISTER] To have and to hold, from this day forward [ENSEMBLE] To have and to hold From this day forward For better, for worse For richer, for poorer In sickness and in health To love and to cherish 'Til death do us part 'Til death do us part [MINISTER, spoken] With this ring, I thee wed [JOE, spoken] With this ring, I thee wed [ENSEMBLE] Two more lovers were married today Wish them well, wish them well, wish them well Brave and happy, they start on their way Wish them well, wish them well, wish them well They have faith in the future and joy in their hearts If you look in their eyes, you can tell How brave and happy and hopeful are they Wish them well, wish them well Wish them well, wish them well, wish them well Wish them well Wish them well Wish them well Wish them well, wish them well, wish them well, wish them well Wish them well