What is a good country song for a father/daughter dance?

Question

I am getting married next year and I need a father/daughter song. My dad and I both like country. He is big tough guy and our relationship isn't one of those mushy ones...I call him Dad, or Old Man...not Daddy. I want a good song, but not one that is played at every wedding, I want something a little more original.

Answer 1

I Loved Her First
What a great song for a father-daughter wedding dance! By the country/pop group Heartland, this song will melt the heart of daughter, father and every onlooker.
This website lists the top 10 father/daughter wedding songs.
Here are the lyrics:
I Loved Her First - Heartland


Genre/Lang. : Country

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment in each other's face
So much in love you're 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
I'm not gonna stand in your way

I loved her first. 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's still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you
Be the same freckle-faced 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

I loved her first. 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's 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

Answer 2

For an original song go to PS I Love You. their website is
www.giftsongs.com they will ask you some questions and then create a song that incorporates your answer into the song. They do wonderful father/daughter songs and first dance songs. I have personally used them 4 times. The first time for my anniversary. Husband loved the song. Second was for my brother and my sister in laws wedding. They and the rest of the people at the reception were amazed not a dry eye in the house. The third time was when my godchild was born. and finally the most recent time was for my Grandmas 90th birthday. Everyone who has heard these songs were amazed at the professional quality. You will get a cd and a lyric sheet. Both are wonderful items that you will have a life time to enjoy. My husband and I listen to ours 13 years later and we laugh at the answers we gave back then. It brings back so many wonderful memories.

Answer 3

my song was my little girl by tim mcgraw and you can also have the heartland song played but I think that the tim mcgraw song is so sweet!! Read the words- its just beautiful!! Its also not a very long song

Gotta hold on easy as I let you go
Gonna tell you how much I love you though you think you already know
I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm
You’ve had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born

You're beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again
Go on take on this whole world but to me you know you will always be
My little girl

When you were in trouble that crooked little smile would melt my heart of stone
Now look at you I’ve turned around and you’ve almost grown
Sometimes your asleep I whisper I love you in the moonlight at your door
As I walk away I hear you say “daddy love you more”

You're beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again
Go on take on this whole world but to me you know you will always be
My little girl

Someday some boy will come and ask me for your hand
But I won’t say yes to him unless I know
He’s the half that makes you whole
He has a poets soul
And the heart of a mans man
I know he’ll say that he’s in love, but between you and me
He won’t be good enough

You're beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again
Go on take on this whole world but to me you know you will always be
My little girl

I think the heartland song is a good song when you are dancing with your husband after your first dance and having your father look on- and then the next song could be your dance with your dad with the tim mcgraw song- just a thought- we were going to do that but my dad had a hard enough time just getting through the tim mcgraw song

good luck! Best wishes!!

Answer 4

I love this song..It's by HeartLand. Check it out..WARNING...IT's A TEAR JERKER!! Hope this helps!

Artist/Band: Heartland
Lyrics for Song: I Loved Her First
Lyrics for Album: I Loved Her First


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

Answer 5

Forever Young- Rod Stewart My Girl- The Temptations Cinderella- Steven Curtis Chapman

Answer 6

I danced to The Dance by Garth Brooks. It's one of my dad's favorite songs. The lyrics aren't real clear as to what it means, but it could be about a father/daughter relationship.

Answer 7

The Dixie chicks version of "landslide" - I used it for my father-daughter dance at my wedding a few years ago... listen to the lyrics, it says a lot and its more country than the Stevie Nicks version.

Answer 8

I loved her First by Heartland.
In My Arms by Mark Wills. This was the song I chose to dance with my father to at my wedding. Not a dry eye in the house. :-)

Answer 9

Willie Nelson - Anger flying too close to the ground

Yes but when a dad gives away his daughter we do tend to become a little mushy, we just try not to show it.
Congratulations hope you have many happy years together.

Answer 10

The song by Tim McGraw that was written for the FLICKA sound track is pretty awesome.

I also like the song "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride.