Funeral Song Ideas

Musical Instruments Ideas for Funerals:

Hymns

A Perfect Day
Abide With Me
All The Way My Savior Leads Me
Amazing Grace
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Beautiful Saviour
Because He Lives
Beyond the Sunset
Blessed Assurance
Bringing in the Sheaves
Church in the Wildwood
Deep River
Down in the Valley
Fairest Lord Jesus
Face to Face
Faith of our Fathers
God Be with You
God of the Sparrow
He Leadeth Me
He Touched Me
Higher Ground
His Eye is on the Sparrow
He Touched Me
Holy, Holy, Holy
How Great Thou Art
I Feel the Winds of God
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
I Love to Tell the Story

In the Garden
In the Sweet By and By
It is Well With My Soul
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
The Lord's My Shepherd
Nearer My God to Thee
O God Our Help In Ages Past
Old Ruggest Cross
One Day at a Time
Onward Christian Soldiers
Peace is Flowing Like A River
Peace in the Valley
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Precious Memories
Rock of Ages
Safe in The Arms of Jesus
Shall We Gather At the River
Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
Sweet By and By
Sweet Hour of Prayer
The Lord is My Shepherd
There is a Balm in Gilead
Under His Wings
We Have An Anchor
What a Friend we have in Jesus
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Where We'll Never Grow Old
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Country & Western Song that are suitable for funerals, celebrations of life and memorial services

Blowing In The Wind
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Believe - (Brooks and Dunn)
Cryin for Me (Wayman's Song)
Don't Cry a Tear - (Lyle Lovett)
Daddy's Hand
Green, Green Grass of Home
Happy Trails
Home on the Range
Home Sweet Home
I Can't Stop Lovin You
Let It Rain (Alan Pedersen)
My Blue Heaven
My Special Angel
On the Wings of a Snow White Dove
Seven Spanish Angels
Take Me Home Country Roads
The Dance (Garth Brooks)
The River (Garth Brooks)
There you'll be - (Faith Hill)
Yellow Rose of Texas

Contemporary Songs and Easy Listening Songs

All My Tears (Selah)
Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
Audrey's Song (Selah)
Can't Cry Hard Enough (The Williams Brothers)
Dancing With the Angels (Monk & Neagle)
Dante's prayer (Loreena McKinnett)
Flying free
I Believe (Josh Grobin)
I Don't Know Why
I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston)
I Will Wait for You
Last Farewell
Let It Rain (Eric Clapton)
Memory (from Cats)
Moon Cradle (Loreena McKinnett)
Morning Has Broken
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)
Only Time (Enya)
One Small Star (John McDermott)
Orinoco Flow (Enya)
Penelope's Song (Loreena McKinnett)
Precious Memories
Tears in Heaven ( Eric Clapton)
The Circle of Life (The Lion King)
The Walk (Sawyer Brown)
There You'll Be (from Pearl Harbour)
Time To Say Goodbye
Yesterday (The Beatles)
You Raised Me Up (Josh Grobin)
Unforgettable - (Nat 'King' Cole)
Welcome Home
We Rise Again (The Rankin Family)
What a Wonderful World (Louie Armstrong)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from Phantom of the Opera)

Other Funeral Songs

Gaelic Blessing

Instrumental Music Suitable for Funerals

Watermark (Enya)
The Last Farewell
Chariots of Fire
Going Home

Songs performed at Jack Layton's State Funeral in Toronto on August 27, 2011

Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performed;

Samuel Barber's , Adagio for Strings
and G.F. Handel's, Pifa from Messiah

J.S. Bach. Magnificat

Van Morrison's Into the Mystic, performed by Richard Underhill

Kyrie, performed by the Metropolitan Community Church Toronto

Croire performed by Martin Deschamps and Bernard Quessy

Leonard Cohen's Hallejah Hallelujahperformed by Stephen Page

Rise Up sang by Lorraine Segato

Get Together sang by Julie Michels with the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto

Hymn to Freedom, performed by Chris Dawes