It's a bit scary, thinking of some of these songs at weddings.

"Oh, please, don't let me die an old maid in the garret"

"Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim; He don't care for me, and I'm sure I don't for him He can go and find another, and I hope she'll bring him joy For I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy"

Maids When You're Young (never wed an old man)

and even that saddest of songs, Carrickfergus.

I'm surprised that Don't Get Married Girls wasn't included.

Actually, when I think about it a bit more, these songs probably suit modern day weddings far better than the sugary-sweet romantic fantasies often served up in wedding songs. Romantic life is a lot more complicated in the post-sexual-revolutionary age. ;->

Helen