"Weddings and Funerals" is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground game.
A wedding song we played for you, The dance you did but scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, But then you would not mourn.
Origin The verse is based on the verses Matthew 11:17 and in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
The exact words of this English nursery rhyme were incorporated as the translation of these verses in the International Standard Version (2008).Matthew 11:17, parallel translations at Biblos.com
In context, the verse was spoken by Jesus as a reproach to those people who rejected both the austere lifestyle and preaching of John the Baptist and his own more accessible ministry.Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 11:16-24, available online at BibleCommenter.com
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