Most of my "favorite" saddest songs have already been mentioned; Annachie Gordon, Kilkelly Ireland, There Were Roses, White Squall, The Joy of Living have all had me in tears over the years. Christmas in the Trenches doesn't make me cry, but sometimes when I sing it, I get a shiver down my spine when I get to the lines "But the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame/ And on each end of the rifle, we're the same."

Another Stan Rogers song - Lies - I find incredibly moving (although not sad). But it took me months to get to the point where I could sing it without losing it/getting all choked up on the last verse.

A couple of more recently-written sad songs: Paxton's The Bravest - packs quite an emotional whallop, and Perfumes of Arabia (written by Maggie Holland about the [first] Gulf War) is - sadly - possibly more appropriate today than when it was first written. I'll go ahead & post it here (but in a separate message), as it's still so relevant & doesn't seem to be in the DT yet...

Cheers,

YY