Wedding Song (There Is Love)

This was featured on Noel Paul Stookey's first solo album, which he'd recorded after Peter Paul & Mary disbanded in 1971. He wrote it for ex Peter Paul & Mary bandmate, Peter Yarrow's marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of senator and one-time presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy.

Paul Stookey's name does not appear as the author either on the record or the sheet music. Neither does he receive any of the royalties. That is because he says that after he prayed he was "given" the song. All he was required to do was to "allow the pencil to move across the page." The song is a celebration of the love of a newlywed couple and their union with God. On his website, Stookey says, "Into every songwriter's life comes a song, the source of which cannot be explained by personal experience."

The royalties of this song go directly to a trust fund called Public Domain and the monies are distributed to individuals and organizations throughout the world.