Daddy's Little Girl

I really like this one. I would have loved to have danced with my dad to this song.



Artist: Heartland
Song: I Loved Her First
Album: I Loved Her First
Heartland Sheet Music
Heartland CDs


Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

I agree - not sure if George if a country guy though.

JOHN MCDERMOTT
DANCE WITH ME DAUGHTER OF MINE LYRICS

These are the thoughts of a father
On the wedding day of his daughter
As his mind wanders back to the first time he held her
He looks at her now, the same pride in his eyes
As onto the dance floor they glide
It's the dance of the bride and her father.


[Chorus]
Dance with me daughter of mine
On this your wedding day
Dance with me daughter of mine
You'll soon be going away
I've loved you since you first began
Now you've met a new man
But I love you so, and this you must know
That my love won't falter
So dance with me daughter
Beautiful daughter of mine.

We walk down the aisle
On my face there's a smile
But deep in my heart there's a tear
Our friends and relations are here in the church
With smiles ontheir faces they stare
As we walk t'ward the man who has stolen your heart
And to whom I must give you away
BUt I wish you love and happiness too
On this your wedding day

Chorus

The dance has begun
We twirl around the floor
But I know you're not my little girl anymore
A lovely young woman has taken her place
And there's happiness written all over her face
But always remember although we must part
You may leave my arms but never my heart.

Chorus

This song makes my eyes water. I love my Daddy so much.

I always thought "To Sir With Love" would be great for a father/bride dance.

Sorry they disabled the embedding - you can still click on the link to hear it though.

Here are the lyrics to
Cinderella

She spins and she sways
To whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I'm sitting here wearing
The weight of the world on my shoulders

It's been a long day
And there's still work to do
She's pulling at me
Saying "Dad, I need you

There's a ball at the castle
And I've been invited
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone...

She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says, "Dad, the prom is just one week away
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone

She will be gone

Well, she came home today with a ring on her hand
Just glowing and telling us all they had planned
She says, "Dad, the wedding's still six months away
But I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone

Wow, so many great suggestions!

I've been listening to these last few and I'm just a bowl of emotional mush
right now.

Have to admit, I cried for more than a few minutes while listening to them and searching for the lyrics to post.

In the early '70's I eloped and got married at the county courthouse so my dad never got the chance to walk me down the aisle and do all that other traditional stuff. Now that he's gone, I wish I'd given him that gift so I would have all those wedding memories with him.

I know how you feel, George.

How about this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yve855NkTm0&feature=related

George...

something piquant between the two of you. Maybe a small comment, but, just yours.

Sympathy here, butrfly.

Yeah, I'm glad to have shared so many memories with her.
My own father refused to come to my wedding.

My parents had died and my husband's parents refused to show up (I was both old and not even a bit catholic, an apostate.) Just as well, it would have been problematic. Whatever, we had a grand meal at a cool chinese restaurant in beverly hills, Twin Dragon. I remember laughing at the jellyfish.

George, you are tip top among the best writers here.

but talent in the face of decor, what can I say.

Be well, all of you.

This one was played during a Bat Mitzvah we went to a few years ago, for the father-daughter dance.



We actually danced to "Shower the People" by James Taylor at our wedding but it was also RP and his mom dancing, because the DJ didn't have Marilyn Monroe singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy".

I think this is a great song for any happy occasion:

George, I think of you as a fun guy. If you decide not to go for "emotional" -- go for Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." One of the lines in the song goes:
Oh, Daddy Dear, you know you're still Number One
But girls just want to have fun!

I took my daughter to several daddy-daughter Valentine dances and that song was our personal favorite!

This is a very timely subject for me as my daughter was married just last Saturday.

Choosing a song for our dance was a lot more difficult than I expected it to be.

I began with "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans," by Louis Armstrong which, while not a Father/Daughter dance classic, was special to me because I used to sing it with my daughter when she was a little girl.

I found, however, that it wasn't all that special to her. She remembered singing it but not in the way I did. I wanted a song that was meaningful to both of us though and so embarked on my search.

First I googled "Father Daughter Wedding Song" and came up with numerous lists that contained just about all of the song others have cited. Some I was familiar with and the others I tracked down on-line to hear and read the lyrics.

I felt that many of them, like "Butterfly Kisses" were a bit too cloying and others, like John Mayer's "Daughters," were too quirky and didn't really fit the event.

In going through the lists and reading posted comments, I got the impression that in most cases the daughter was picking the song and they all seemed to go for the really sappy ones with "Daddy" somewhere in the lyrics, so I suggested to my daughter that she choose.

This was met with outrage from my daughter and my wife, but in the process of them telling me how it was my duty, my daughter let on that she didn't want me to pick a sappy song with "Daddy" somewhere in the lyrics.

This threw me for a loop because I had just decided on "Cinderella" by Steve Chapman. Back to square one.

Eventually my daughter took pity on me and started making suggestions, none of which struck a chord with me.

At one point she suggested "I Love To See You Smile," by Randy Newman, but my in-laws had recently used that one as their song at their 50th wedding anniversary party, and it seemed weird for us to use it.

Thinking Randy Newman though, I focused on the inappropriately named "A Memo For My Son." This was another song we sang when the kids were little and it brought fond memories:



You can see from the lyrics that it really isn't gender specific, but I was uneasy with the choice. Never-the-less, I was running out of time and so picked it.

The day that my daughter brought home her gown she would not let me see it until the wedding which I thought it was a tradition that applied only to the groom, but she insisted that she wanted to surprise me.

Very few little boys grow up dreaming about how they will look on their wedding day and the selection of the tux takes about 15 minutes, but I realized that for my daughter who, quite stereotypically, grew up wanting to be one of the Disney princesses, how she looked on her wedding day was very important to her, as was my reaction.

(I know ladies...Duhh!)

As luck would have it, my wife and I watched American Idol the night that Harry Connick Jr was the "mentor," and most of the songs the contestants were singing were old standards. One of the kids sang "The Way You Look Tonight," and I found myself tearing up. I decided then to switch songs and use Michael Buble's version.

It turned out to be the perfect choice. My daughter was not only truly beautiful, but she was radiantly happy and I will never forget the way she looked that night.

I'm sure now, that just about any song I picked would have been perfect, because, frankly, I don't remember even hearing the song. The few minutes we spent together on the dance floor were so filled with emotion that I choke up just thinking about them.

In any case, it was a beautiful wedding with a beautiful bride, and it was so exciting and emotional that it joined the four greatest times of my life the birth of my three kids and my own wedding.

All the best for your event.

Nice post, Finn.

Really nice post, Finn.
I almost had to get out my handkerchief!