Post a song that brings a tear to your eye. Mine is for my dad , who died the end of September. --Margaritaville

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When I hear the song, it is sad that he passed but I remember him singing it in the car and that makes me happy. that he has no pain anymore.

[FalloutShelter]

1. Bowie's interpretation of Wild Is The Wind

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2. Thank you, FalloutShelter.

[FalloutShelter]

8. Very welcome.

[BigMin28]

3. What a Wonderful World.

Also for my Dad. He loved Louis Armstrong and that song. He died in 2009. I miss him everyday.

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5. Thank you BigMin28. May his memories be a blessing to you .

[lapfog_1]

4. I have asked for this to be played at my remembrance.

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9. What a beautiful song. This is the first time I have heard it . To me it doesn't bring a tear but is a song of

rejoicing. Thank you

[hlthe2b]

25. That is nice, lapfrog1

Beautiful

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68. lapfog_1 The group seemed very familiar to me. They are from Pittsburgh,PA I have seen them at the Art's Festival and

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various venues. I live in Pittsburgh. Loved their music. TY.

[Hotler]

6. If I had any pride left at all.

'The blues ain't meant to be described, it's meant to be traveled, it's the scars on your heart, it's the hole in your soul.'
Peace

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15. This song touched my heart. Etta sings from the heart. Her voice and the song has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you

for posting this, Hotler.

[Trueblue Texan]

51. What an amazingly talented woman who so generously gave her gifts...nt

[keithbvadu2]

7. The Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker

Many people have done it. I like his rendition the best.

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17. keithbvadu2, I remember this song from my youth. Thank you for posting it. It touched a place in my heart,

[Walleye]

10. Old Folks by Sarah Vaughan. I used to sing along with this when I worked in the dark room and it came on the radio. Alwa

Always choked me up
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20. What a smooth voice. Sarah had. Her storytelling through her song is magical. Thank you for posting.

[Walleye]

22. Storytelling is the right word for this song

[WhiteTara]

11. wind beneath my wings

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21. great song. I thought it would meaning to play at my father;s funeral. Mother picked an ancient church song.that she

liked

[Jrose]

12. "Memory" from 'Cats', sung by Streisand...

a bittersweet reminder of a person I loved who passed on too soon and so suddenly.

"Long and Winding Road"...so miss John Lennon!

[Walleye]

23. I love "The Long and Winding Road" as well

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26. Thank you Jrose for the songs--they both have always brought a tear to my eye and the thoughts surrounding them.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. A couple: 'Danny Boy', 'My Heart Will Go On', 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', and 'I Will

Always Love You'.
All but the last one involve my dogs. Last is for a guy.

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28. Yes, pets can hold very special places in our hearts when humans fail to fill the void.

[Mad_Dem_X]

14. So many songs for me!

Most recently, "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd - it tells of the loss of the innocence of youth, growing up and letting go of dreams. Every time I hear it, I sob uncontrollably.

[debm55]

29. What a haunting sad song that is so true for many of use. Ty. for posting.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

113. I was completely unfamiliar with this song.

Thank you for posting it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

126. You're very welcome.

It can be found on their album, The Division Bell.

[woodsprite]

16. Blue Christmas. I have always disliked that song,

But it reminds me of my dad. It was his favorite.

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30. woodsprite, may your memories of your dad be a blessing to you. He will always be in your heart.

[hlthe2b]

18. Lots... Barber's Adagio for Strings of course-- every time. But more personally, "Candle in the Wind"

(Elton John). There was a reason he was asked to sing that at Princess Di's memorial and I certainly concur. I can't get past the first few bars without my eyes watering.

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33. Yes,hlthe2b, both the songs are hauntingly familiar in their themes of lives taken to early . Bless Marilyn and Diana.

[Walleye]

38. Daniel by Elton John is another one that gets me

My best friend had an older brother named Daniel who died way too young of cancer some 35 years ago. But, “do you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal”, gets me every time

[hlthe2b]

40. Oh yes.... Definitely. A beautiful song.

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49. I am so sorry to hear of your friend's brother. I named my son, Daniel, because of the song. Peace be with you my

friend. Music can truly touch the soul.

[markbark]

19. Every ANZAC day

[cbabe]

32. My choice.

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36. Oh my, I have chills listing to the song, The voice, the arrangement and the instruments. All touched my heart. And it

it is raw pain as it is recent. May you be blessed with his memories through the music that was left behind.

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. Steve Goodman's "My Old Man".

My father has been gone 31 years, and I still can't listen to this song even though I love it.

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41. Thank you greatauntoftriplets. you father will always be with you --in your heart and in your memories. Time has no stop

Be at peace my friend.

[1WorldHope]

27. This one always gets me bad. I lost my mom when I was 8 yrs old.

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52. Thank you 1WorldHope Your mom memories an love will always be with you.

[Trueblue Texan]

54. Love John Prine...

That one will break your heart.

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72. Thank you Trueblue Texan.

[Niagara]

31. Sometimes it's not the song, but the memories of a person or past experience that the song makes

the mind remember.



#1. Terry Jacks- Seasons in the Sun

#2. Simon and Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

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91. Niagara, I think it can be a mixture of both, too. It depends on the situation.

[sorcrow]

34. He's coming to us dead

This always brings at least a lump to my throat.

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My father died in uniform and my son is an army pilot so this brings some thoughts to my mind when I hear it.

This song has a Civil War feel to it, though it wasn't written until 1899. There were probably few long, white caskets during the civil war. I think technically it's an old timey song, though it's mostly covered by blue grass artists today.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

[Mme. Defarge]

39. I love Doc Watson!

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55. Thank you, sad heart wrenching song. thank you so much for posting as I have never heard it before.

[Mme. Defarge]

35. As my husband of 40 years lay dying

this is the song that began throbbing in my head. It continued as I was driving home from the hospital after he’d taken his last breath, and lasted until until I finally fell asleep around 3:00 A. M.

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59. Oh, what a gut wrenching song for you. I am very sorry for you. May his memories be constantly in your heart.

[cachukis]

37. Our Town at end of Northern Exposure

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60. Sad, but meaningful too. Thank you for posting.

[cbabe]

42. Thousands Are Sailing/the pouges (in addition to band played waltzing matilda/above)

Thousands Are Sailing/the pogues
For all immigrants

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And the winner is:

Robbie O'Connell & Finbar Clancy - Kilkelly Ireland Song

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[debm55]

45. Irish music and poetry has a haunting mystical sound. It is the type of music that touches the heart and soul of

listeners. Thank you for posting both songs for us.

[cbabe]

58. You're welcome. I've often wondered why that is. Tango does the same but differently.

[3catwoman3]

43. Amazing Grace, especially on bagpipes.

O Danny Boy
Leader Of The Band and Run For The Roses by Dan Fogelberg
The Dutchman, as sung by Keith Harkin of Celtic Thunder

(edited to add) In The Arms Of An Angel, especially in the ASPCA ad

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61. I agree they can send me to tears. Thank you for your songs.

[Mad_Dem_X]

127. Leader of the Band - oh, yes

I always think of my late father when I hear that one.

I can't listen to Angel anymore, because of those ads.

[3catwoman3]

139. That ad gets to the word "angel" and my throat is already...

…growing tight, and that’s only word #6.

[rsdsharp]

44. I've got three.

John Michael Montgomery — Letters From Home

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Colin Rae — Love, Me

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Dan Fogelberg — The Leader of the Band

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64. Thank you rsdsharp. all three touch the heart. Dan's song was written for his father. Many times words from the

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heart can create the best heart touching songs.

[dickthegrouch]

46. "Wishing you were somehow here again"

From Phantom of the Opera

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And another ALW song
From Jesus Christ Superstar
“Could we start again, please?”

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And “I don’t know how to love him”

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66. dickthegrouch. thank you for posting this heart felt songs. Beautiful and meaningful

[MiHale]

47. Final Song by Tony Dekker...

Great Lake Swimmers. Folk band. Is on my memorial song list.

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Lyrics:

When my race on this earth is run
When I take one final trip
When I fly into the horizon
When my body has lost its grip
Won't you think of me in a good light
Won't you think of me with a smile
Won't you think of me by the water
Won't you think of me once in a while
When the spell is finally broken
And the magic has long gone
When I drift into the other side
When I've sung my final song
Won't you think of me in a good light
Won't you think of me with a smile
Won't you think of me by the water
Won't you think of me once in a while
When my head rejects my body
When my arms don't know my legs
And my fingers aren't doing any good no more
And my mouth spits only dregs
Won't you think of me in a good light
Won't you think of me with a smile
Won't you think of me by the water
Won't you think of me once in a while

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67. I am sitting here crying, the voice, the lyrics, the simple guitar. all so beautiful in a haunting way. I have never

heard this song before and it hit me right in the heart. TY for sharing.

[MiHale]

94. If you love Nature and the Woods...

You’ll appreciate this Prayer Of the Woods. We say this prayer as we hike in the forest.

Tony Dekker is a gift…his Band is “Great Lake Swimmers”. We’ve seen them in live concerts very small intimate venues…maybe 100-150 people. These are from Tony’s solo album.

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Lyrics:

I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights
The friendly shade screening you from the summer sun
As you journey on
I am the beam that holds your house
The board of your table
The bed on which you lie
And the timber that builds your boat
Those who pass by
Listen to my prayer: ‘Harm me not’
I am the handle of your hoe
The door of your homestead
The wood of your cradle
And the shell of your coffin
I am the bread of kindness
And the flower of beauty
Those who pass by
Listen to my prayer: ‘Harm me not’

[Bayard]

48. "Hear of the Matter," Don Henley

It reminds me of my brother. It came out around the same time that he died.

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70. Thank you Bayard. Songs can reach out and touch us in the heart. I am so sorry for your brother. May your brother's love

and memories always be in your heart.

[rubbersole]

50. 'Where Have You Been?'

By Kathy Mattea.

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71. Thank you rubbersole.

[TygrBright]

53. This version of "The Parting Glass"... can't say more about why yet, but... yeah.

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sadly,
Bright

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73. Tyger, I miss her --the mystical voice and lyrics of her Irish roots. The background sounds a little like the Auld Lange

Syne

[Martin Eden]

56. Mr. Bojangles

His dog up and died.
He up and died.
After twenty years he still grieves.

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74. Thank you Martin Eden. Pets can reach and touch the hearts of us, where humans have left a void.

[Mad_Dem_X]

128. Sammy Davis Jr.'s version always brings me to tears.

[ChazInAz]

57. "You Are My Sunshine"

Although one of my hobbies is building string instruments, I am not musical. I can plunk out that song on a dulcimer. This delighted my wife when we were first married, and it became Our Song. On the many occasions that Patty was hospitalized, I'd bring a dulcimer in and play it for her...amusing the nursing staff hugely in the process.
This past Tuesday was the thirteenth anniversary of her death. It was her merciful release from a lifetime of chronic illnesses. God, I miss her.
I still tear up when I hear the song.

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75. ChazinAz, Patty will always be with you ---through memories and your love for each other.

[aggiesal]

62. Brian's Song n/t

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76. I remember the song and movie when it came out. Even as a kid, I cried.

[aggiesal]

88. I cried the first time I saw the movie & I grew up near Chicago ...

so I'm a big Bears fan.

When I went to university in the SW, the university band played Brian's song as the last song of their half time show, on the last home game my Sr. year. It was like some sign or something.
Here's this 22 year old guy crying in the stadium while my friends were trying to figure out why.
I haven't been to the stadium since, 39 years later.

[Jilly_in_VA]

63. Traveling Soldier by The Chicks

It always make me remember someone lost to me in Vietnam.

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78. I am so sorry Jilly, May your memories of him be a blessing to you. It was a damn shame what the Bushers did to the

Chicks.

[Mad_Dem_X]

131. Heartbreaking.

So sorry for your loss.

[StarryNite]

65. AULD LANG SYNE by Sissel

This version...

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79. StarryNite, thank you for the beautiful version with all the pictures from around the world. Is that being song in the

Gaelic of Scotland? Sad but beautiful.

[lastlib]

69. Crosby Stills Nash & Young--"Teach Your Children"

with this video:

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81. Fantastic song. I like how the video went through the various stages of hatred, racism, sexism and war and violence in

this country, Sad that we never learn. I wonder if Joni did the illustrations as that is her stlye.

[calimary]

77. "My Funny Valentine".

My dad loved that song and he’d sing it to me when I was little.

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83. Beautiful song, My dad used to sing to me, My mother said i was trying ti steal her husband and knockwd my baby teeth

out, My father stopped singing it to me,Glad you had parents that loved you, I am sorry about your Dad

[CrispyQ]

80. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd -nt

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84. YES

[OldBaldy1701E]

118. A fellow Floydian! (n/t)

[Mad_Dem_X]

130. Yes!

I heard that a lot right after my friend Bill died, in September of 2022.

[duckworth969]

82. ride to u- abigail washburn & bela fleck

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85. What a beautiful song with sad undertones.Thank you for posting.

[LakeArenal]

86. Several. But a few:

Bittersweet by Big Head Todd

Landslide by Stevie

Walking in Memphis by Mark Cohn

She’s Leaving Home Beatles

Eleanor Rigby. Beatles.

Last Kiss by Cavaliers

Edit: Izzy’s version of Over the Rainbow. 🌈 .

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90. Thank you LakeArenal. I loved Izzy's version of Over the Rainbow. To me, it was a little more up beat then Judy's. Love

your other choices too. Sad songs that hit a beat with people for it's honesty.

[Sneederbunk]

87. Angel by Sarah McLachlan

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[JT45242]

89. I've got two..oh my what a shame, teach your children well

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The Don Mclean song is haunting. The brothers off to war, the lost love. Just everything.

Second, teach your children well

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It was playing on the radio as the ambulance for my dad went by where I was working when I was in college. He had just told me that I needed to be careful working too much because I would miss life (was working two jobs to pay for college). Reminds me of his last words to me every time.

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92. Thank you JTW45242 A teacher and a principal , both of whom I dearly loved died this past year. At each fumeral Mass

this was played. for Sally and for Dianne.

[OldBaldy1701E]

93. This one is special.

When I used to perform it myself, I dedicated it to those we had lost in the music business as well as personal losses. This one is for you Monty and Jeff and Dad.

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95. That was very nice and thoughtful of you OldBaldy1701E. If you don't mind

Monty Jeff your Dad.

[Different Drummer]

96. "Black" by Pearl Jam

It's this part of the lyrics that gets to me:

"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Why can't it be mine"

Been there!

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98. The song is sad. A lose of a love to another can be heartbreaking. The song puts that right there in your face. I had

the same thing happen to me-a love I lost. But it was me that pushed him away as I felt unlovable He married a blonde, homecoming queen, cheerleader. Some songs still after 50 years can bring back where I was at the time. and I do feel a tinge of sadness. But I have found my true soulmate and able to love myself. I hope you know that it hurts but love will come again. .

[ailsagirl]

97. Vincent by Don McLean

AKA Starry, Starry Night

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99. Yes, the life of Vincent was very sad and tragic. Artistically he was so talented but he could not put up the battle

with his demons.

[ailsagirl]

110. It was sort of surprising to me that the same guy who wrote "Vincent" also...

wrote "American Pie!"

Don McLean is a talented songwriter, for sure

[Ohiya]

100. Would have loved her. I wish my dad could have met my wife.

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101. Thank you for posting this Ohiya. It is a sweet , uplifting song yet sad.

[Raven123]

102. Going Home.

My mother had dementIa. Often asked to go home. She finally made it. Played this at her funeral a few years back.the vocal and instrumental for those unfamiliar.

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105. Beautiful, I am sorry for your mom. The second one touches my heart more. Just the two instruments make the song more

touching.

[Raven123]

109. Sorry for your loss as well debm55

Music has a way of reaching us

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119. Thank you . Raven

[viva la]

103. Martha by Tom Waits

The old guy reaching out to his high school girl....

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106. That makes me sad as my 50 HS reunion came up the night before my dad's funeral , so I didn't go. My cousin went and

told me that he asked about me. I had previous tried to get in touch with him on FB and he was to meet me in Pittsburgh. I had brought pictures of my husband and son. I just wanted to have tea and talk about our lives. We were 19 we we got engaged. Too young. He never showed up. This song made me cry as my cousin said he is in bad shape and lives in Florida. I wish you well my first love.

[viva la]

104. Go rest high... Vince Gill

This was played last month a friend's memorial. This version is at George Jones's memorial.

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107. Beautiful uplifting song. Thank you

[debm55]

108. For your friend

[Ferrets are Cool]

111. Routine, Steven Wilson. I cannot watch the video without tearing up.

Most times when I just listen, I do the same. Guns kill and destroy lives.

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112. So very sad and will continue until something is done with the gun problem in this country.

[ailsagirl]

114. "Wish You Were Here" BeeGees

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120. Thank you ailsagirl

[Brother Buzz]

115. Shake Sugaree by Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans, Elizabeth's 12-year-old great-grandchild

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121. Thank you Brother Buzz

[nevergiveup]

116. "Country Roads" John Denver

Gets me every time.

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122. Me too

[Hekate]

117. Currently, this one by The Marsh Family, at the start of the war in Israel & Gaza: If that Day Comes Round...

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123. Thank you Hekate

[ArnoldLayne]

124. Pink Floyd-Brain Damage and When the Tigers Broke Free

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125. Thank you ArnoldLayne.

[bottomofthehill]

129. The Town ai Loved so Well

About the city of Derry during the troubles.

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132. Yes, the haunting sound of the Irish song touches the heart. TY.

[UTUSN]

133. (You left me) Just When I Needed You Most

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ON EDIT: While the song is literally about a lost love, for me it's about who I lost to covid.

[debm55]

135. Thank you UTUSN. Love lost is very sad and can touch the heart for a long time.

[johnp3907]

134. Billy Bragg was in his teens when his dad died.

Anyone who’s lost a parent can relate.

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136. Thank you johnp3907. It is a haunting song, sung from the heart . You are right, anyone who lost a parent can relate to

his grief.

[applegrove]

137. So sorry for your loss.

[debm55]

138. Thank you applegrove.