Looking for a song for Mum’s funeral.

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Hi, my mum died quite suddenly and I’m devastated. We have never really discussed funeral arrangements with her. She loved nature; was always outdoors. She wasn’t given to great displays of emotion, but we knew, iyswim?

I’m looking for a non-religious song for her funeral. We already have Albatross, plus a favourite song which wasn’t about nature.

I’m thinking of something slightly folky, with a gentle feel, if possible. Can you help?

We had Nella Fantasia. Still can’t listen to it😢

Sorry for your loss

the story brandy Carlisle

I second Days by the Kinks. The words are lovely. I also like Everything I Own by Ken Boothe for a funeral but it's very sad.

I find your love by Beth Neilson Chapman is
Beautiful and is partly about seeing someone in nature and being comforted by it.
I’m so sorry for your loss and hope that there is someone loooking after you. Xx

I find your love by Beth Neilson Chapman

I’m so sorry about your mum be kind to yourself x

So sorry for your loss.

How about Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheehan? I never expected to like it but it is very moving and sweet.

I'm so sorry to hear about your mum.

It might not be right for you at this point now but I found this song performed by Kate Rusby very comforting after my dad died. It's very gentle and beautiful (as with everything she does, absolutely gorgeously sung)

It's technically a Christmas Carol but the words are all about the changing of the seasons and how life is a cycle:

Down with the rosemary and bays,
Down with the mistletoe,
Instead of holly, now upraise
The greener box for show.

chorus: Thus times do shift, thus times do shift,
Each thing his turn doth hold
New things succeed, new things succeed
As former things grow old.

The holly hitherto did sway
Let box now domineer
Until the dancing Easter day
or Easter's eve appear.

Then youthful box which now hath grace
Your houses to renew,
Grown old surrender must his place
Unto the crisped yew.

When yew is out, then birch comes in
And many flowers besides;
Bothg of a fresh and fragrant kin
To honor Whitsuntide.

Green rushes then, and sweetest bents
With cooler oaken boughs,
Come in for comely ornaments
To re-adorn the house.

I like the suggestion of 'We'll gather lilacs in the spring'. My Dd is a classical singer and she's sung it several times - it's got very lovely lyrics.

Ed Sheehan ... supermarket flowers, Words are nice

Thank you all- there are some beautiful suggestions here. I’m just weeping reading those lyrics @Breakfastofmilk. Dad had spoken about a Kate Rusby song- he and mum had seen her several times, and I have wonderful memories of lying in the sun, listening to her on the folk stage at a festival.

I’m working through the suggestions. Thank you all. X

Sorry for your loss
Blackbird by Paul McCartney.

Very gentle and folk like. Gentle guitar instrumental.

Frida Ohrn- Release me

Bon Iver - Holocene
Ben Howard - I forget where we were / The fear
Jack Garrett - Weathered

Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler

So sorry for your loss

Blackbird by Paul McCartney

Recently went to a funeral where the adult children had chose Ed Shereen Supermarket Flowers for their Mum. He's not my thing at all but it made me cry the words were just so perfect.

Kate rusby? Who now will sing me lullabies is lovely

Or megson? I love follow it on.

One day I'll leave you she said,
One day you'll wake with a hole in your bed
And I know that I promised that we'd never part
But one day I'll break your heart

But don't weep for me cos the love that you've given
Will stay in my soul whatever's to come
And when you find that your chance to believe in
Don't think your hope is something that's wrong
Just take my love and follow it on

We had Fields of Gold sung by Sting, at my DMs funeral.

Sorry for your loss.

Can I suggest Dragonflies sung be Eddi Reader?

Fits in with nature theme and is not too downbeat.

This is beautiful xx

I'm sorry op

Fields of gold is lovely. I like the Eva Cassidy version

Did she have a favourite film? We used music from my mums favourite films and it was lovely.

Rose Marie 'When I leave the world behind' It was played at a funeral I went to and I thought it was perfect.

I had
Somewhere over the rainbow by
israel kamakawiwoʻole

It’s so beautiful

They played it at loro parque on Monday at the dolphin show and I’m just sat with tears pouring

I also had Eva Cassidy acoustic version of songbird
And the early Beatles ...in my life

So sorry for your loss..it’s coming up two years for my mum
I thought I was ok..but I’m not.
She was 88 so her funeral was a celebration but I miss the lovely mother who always had my back