[Elianna]

I heard this in a song, and I was wondering what it meant.

I tried googling it, and I couldn't find it.

My guess from what I found is that it should mean something hollow (and so a bad connotation) but the song is pretty excited about having a wooden wedding.

I don't know when the song was written. Likely somewhere between 1910-1940 (as the singer's tagline is songs from the 10's, 20's, and 30's).

[onoway]

I don't know if this is connected but I found this dated 1925
http://us.imdb.com/t...921/plotsummary

[Elianna]

Yea, I saw that too, but I didn't think that it answered my question. From the description of the movie, the song doesn't fit it. Plus, that was from 1925, and thus did not HAVE songs in it.

[Elianna]

Adam suggested that it meant the fifth wedding anniversary.

But that didn't seem to fit, because the song seemed to relate to an actual WEDDING, not an anniversary of a wedding. Maybe I need to listen to it, but I don't think that I can write the lyrics because I bet that they are copywrited.

[Hanoi5]

What's the name of the song?

[kenberg]

Here is a song, maybe the same one you heard.
http://irishlyrics.homestead.com/files/cla...den_wedding.txt
I get the idea that the song envisions a wedding where, presumably for economic reasons, guests are to bring presents made of wood. here is part:

Now the first one to get there was Tim O’Hoolihan,
he brought for a present a Japanese fan
then came Maloney just as neat as a pin
he brought a cradle for to rock the baby in

O’Brien brought a sawhorse handsomely engraved
O’Toole brought a cord of wood for which he didn’t pay
Murphy brought the clothespins and Ryan brought a broom
and it looked as though a lumberyard exploded in the room

So perhaps a wedding blessed by joy but with little money. Although as the song continues things get a bit out of hand!

[Elianna]

Hanoi5, on Nov 30 2008, 03:42 AM, said:

What's the name of the song?

"Wooden Wedding"

I've heard it sung by Janet Klein.

And it doesn't seem to be the same one that Ken posted.

[kenberg]

Probably not. Maybe mine would be sung by Janey O'Kleinahan.

[Elianna]

Oh, that it's a different ethnicity doesn't stop JK, it's that she doesn't usually do folk-songy type songs. Neither does gender.

Also, those lyrics don't appear in the song.

[Al_U_Card]

Well, isn't Ireland notoriously short on forests? Woodworking would be considered a classy and rare artform so maybe it refers to getting gifts made of wood as they are rare and valued?

[onoway]

I found another but unfortunately no lyrics, should have waite to post until I tracked the song down,not just the link sorry
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=hkSsMAIfnM4

[y66]

I think Adam is right. Some renewals of vows are quite wedding like.