When my father passed away, I decided that "The Carnival Is Over" was very appropriate and got my mother's OK
We didn't let the curtains close and everybody put a rose on my dad's coffin to the sound of "The Carnival Is Over"


Fire by Arthur Brown seems very appropriate for a cremation.

Fire (Pointer Sisters)

Fire Brigade (Move)

Fire In the Hole (Steely Dan)

It isn't the cough that carries you off
It's the coffin they carry you off in.