sad songs about old folks & funerals

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john prine - hello in there
randy newman - so long, dad; old man; texas girl at the funeral of her father

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"please come back to me" - x

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Neil Young: "Daddy Went Walkin'"

― shookout (shookout), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Daniel Johnston - "Funeral Home"

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Townes Van Zandt - "Pancho And Lefty"

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Sweetness Follows - R.E.M.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 23 April 2004 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 23 April 2004 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Genesis - "For Absent Friends"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Friday, 23 April 2004 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The Carter Family - "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

― The Cricklewood Massive (The Cricklewood Massive), Friday, 23 April 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

R.E.M., "Try Not to Breathe"

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 23 April 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

of montreal 'old people in the cemetery'
of montreal 'scenes from my funeral'

though both of these are pretty cheery musically.

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 23 April 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

smog - dress sexy at my funeral

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 23 April 2004 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Only a Downstat - Tubeway Army

― splatter, Friday, 23 April 2004 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

stole mine fritz.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Friday, 23 April 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Neko Case - "South Tacoma Way"

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 23 April 2004 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Alone Again (Naturally)," at least in part.

Every Stanley Brothers song ever recorded.

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Friday, 23 April 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

youth group "blue leaves, red dust"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 23 April 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe no one's cited "Old Friends" by Simon & Garfunkel

"Dying" by XTCo

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 24 April 2004 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

goddammit. X T Co

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 24 April 2004 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

there should be no "o" at the end of that. Fuck

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 24 April 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"Desperados Waiting for a Train," Guy Clark
"He Stopped Loving Her Today," George Jones

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 24 April 2004 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Paint It Black - Rolling Stones

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 24 April 2004 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

dying crapshooters blues - blind willie mctell
see that my grave is kept clean - blind lemon jefferson

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Saturday, 24 April 2004 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Gospel, of course:

Will the Circle Be Unbroken: (AP Carter)

I was standing by my window
"On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

I said to that undertaker
undertaker please drive slow
for this lady you are carrying
Lord, I hate to see her go

Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

I went back home, my home was lonesome
missed my mother, she was gone
all of my brothers, sisters crying
what a home so sad and lone

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

We sang the songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that Mother Maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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