Help: Funeral Song

Subject: Funeral Song
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Dec 00 - 07:08 PM

Does anyone have a suggestion for a song to sing at a funeral for a long time history buff? His widow has requested something western, not too depressing.Big Rock Candy Mountain or Red Sails in the Sunset were two that she mentioned.

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 00 - 07:18 PM

Happy Trails comes to mind. Also Desert Silvery Blue is really nice.

If you go to the DigiTrad search box up above and type in the words cowboy and western, then hit GO, you will find many songs come up which you could look through.

Good luck,

kat

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: Sorcha
Date: 22 Dec 00 - 08:23 PM

Last "Western" Christian funeral we did used "Wings of a Dove". Like the Happy Trails idea, too, but some denomonations require that the song be "religious........."

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 05:00 PM

How about "I'll Fly Away"? or "Angel Band"?

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: GUEST,Ole Bull
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 05:16 PM

They can do "Open Up Them Pearly Gates" when I go.

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: Stewart
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 05:25 PM

Ashes on the Sea, by Utah Phillips. Written as a song in remembrance of Woody Guthrie. See THREAD

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: GUEST,Bristol Ted
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 05:30 PM

Believe it or not, my mother in law has requested "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye". She is now 90 and still going very strong!

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: Uncle Jaque
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:19 PM

Lots of "Funeral" music in the collection, but not much "Western" - oodles of "Nautical". Apparantly in the 1840s even "Protestant" traditions used the "Chant" quite a bit, many of which were for funerals - including one I've been working on "Calm on the Bosom of Thy God" which shows potential - but probably not what you're looking for.

May the Spirit lead to one which is appropriate and effective.

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 04:11 PM

I work at a funeral home and for a memorial service (cremation)we had the widow ask to have 'Blowing in the Wind' sung. Everyone got a laugh out of the request, even the widow, when she realized what she had said

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: Rasta
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 01:49 PM

write another letter to Jesus is a song I learned when living on the streets of Santa Cruz It was on a recording of Tom Jans and Mimmi Farinia (joan baez) sister --Im gonna write me another letter to Jesus and ask him ...---you d have to hear it. its truly a nice tune as well as uplifting with a tinge of humor--good luck--Rastaaaaa

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: Lanfranc
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 05:37 PM

"Stones and Water" by Beth Neilson Chapman merits consideration IMHO.

Subject: RE: Help: Funeral Song
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 10:45 PM

Macharannia...

Everyone knows it....and can dance along.