Bright Happy Day

Track #2 of With These Songs We Wed

This bouncy, celebratory song was first written in the 1980s. The lyrics were revised in 2016, 2021, and 2023, but the parts about the seasons were largely left intact.

On this bright happy day in the springtime
We will gather where the flowers are in bloom
We will join in a happy celebration
As a wonderful excitement fills the room

Everything is prepared for the wedding
Friends and family assemble as we
will be joining in holy matrimony
and the rings symbolize our unity

On this bright happy day in the springtime
We’ll begin life together anew
Then each and every coming day will bring time
to share a life together, me and you

Let us pledge with our vows to each other
When the ceremony’s over, make a toast
Then we’ll go on a honeymoon together
Spending time with the one we love the most

Oh, the flowers that blossom in springtime
Overwhelm us with the beauty they unfold
And the warm, friendly glow of the sunshine
Offers us a welcome change from winter’s cold

As the season progresses to summer
Every thunderstorm reveals nature’s power
Then the sun reappears in all its glory
to deliver us from the darkest hour

Then when autumn comes, and all the leaves are falling
It is beautiful! but death is in the air
Soon the season of colors will be over
and snow will then be flying everywhere

On those cold, chilly mornings of winter
We will stay close together, you and me
and reflect on the memories that we cherish
Giving thanks for peace and love and harmony

That will bring us again back to springtime
Oh, how rapidly the months seem to zoom!
We will celebrate our first anniversary
But we’ll still be the bride and the groom!

On this bright happy day in the springtime
We will gather where the flowers are in bloom
We will join in a happy celebration
As a wonderful excitement fills the room

There is joy in this solemn occasion
May our gladness dispel any gloom
All the guests have received our invitation
and today we’re the bride and the groom!