funeral song

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It later became Britain's number one funeral song, which Idle found "very moving".

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

In the 1800s, the song was a surreptitious alert on the Underground Railroad, as well as a funeral song, she said.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2017

In Britain, the BBC reports, Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” has become the most requested funeral song, replacing Verdi’s “Requiem.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2016

Each ticket holder was asked to choose their own funeral song in advance, which rings out from the DJ in the main chapel – a taste of their very own funeral.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2016

At funeral processions pipers and other musicians attended, and women sang the funeral song or the praises of the deceased to the sound of the flute.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist