Perhaps the most heartbreaking song I know, one which actually gets people dropping out of singing the chorus because they are crying, is Home lads Home.

And one of the things that makes it so wrenchingly sad is that there's nothing in the least sad about the tune, while the words are so understated and almost matter of fact.

Home lads, home, with the sunset on their faces
Home, lads home, to those quiet, happy places,
For there's rest for horse and man when the longest day is done
And they'll all go home together at the setting of the sun.