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Thread #21554   Message #229976
Posted By: Sourdough
18-May-00 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Funeral Tunes, songs that heal
Subject: RE: Funeral Tunes, songs that heal
WHen I was in school, there was a hymn I particularly loved, I think it is called "The Navy Hymn". I am sure that Kendall and Dave know it well. I want it sung at my own funeral. The lines that particularly eaffect me are: Grant to little children
Visions bright of thee,
Guard the sailor tossing
On the deep blue sea.

I once had to design a funeral for a character who died on a television soap opera. I remember I had a lot of fun going through appropriate music for this Midwestern funeral of a youngish middle-aged Baptist. I went looking for the file and can't find it but I think that I fisished "upbeat" with "I'll Fly Away".

Sourdough