Songs that make the tears flow

Babbino

O mio bambinno caro (sometimes) Away in a Manger - sung by 5 year olds or younger (always these days)

Green Fields of France or The band played Waltzing Matilda are two Remembrance Day anthems that can make me teary.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxkhBvO8_kM
www.pogues.com/Releases/Lyrics/LPs/RumSodomy/Waltzing.html

A modern hymn called "On eagle's wings" which I heard for the first time in 1989 in Canada at my father's funeral. He had been a Lancaster bomber pilot in 1944.
I chose this hymn for my brother's funeral as he had been a keen private pilot for many years.

kittye ice asked for that version of Time to Say Goodbye to be played at my funeral.

Precious Child by Karen Taylor Good

Katie Melua singing 'Keep the home fires burning'. She sang this at the Festival of remembrance a few years ago and it always brings a lump to my throat.

The one that still brings a little tear to my eye 17 years later is "Dance with my Father again" It reminds me of dancing with my dad, I'd still love one more dance with him

Forgot lonely boy ...Andrew gold and really love to see you tonight....England Dan and john Ford Coley ....also carpenters sons
Gs

Living years for me too and when I'm old and wise Alan parsons .....I made it through the rain ..Barry Manilow....they get me every time

Matt Munro singing 'Softly'

Living years for me too, Crying by Roy Orbison Everything I Own (I think that's what it is called) by Bread

Jerusalem does it for me every time.

The duet from "The Pearl Fishers" gets me every time I hear it. Also, my Dad was the standard bearer for the local branch of the British Legion. We had to attend the parade and service every Remembrance Sunday. I couldn't get all the way through "Oh valiant hearts" without weeping uncontrollably.
here's my favourite pearl Fishers recording

I don't have a particular song that moves me to tears but I am often caught unawares.

I was driving to the village yesterday when Dean Friedman's 'Lucky Stars' came on the radio. This song came out at a time when a dear family friend lost his only daughter so the words, 'Did you see, Lisa? Yes I saw Lisa.' took me back to that terribly sad time.

I was also weeping over the ironing when Peter Gabriel's, 'That'll Do' was played at Terry Wogan's memorial service - live on Radio 2.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3NuxO3Ke0 I've cried buckets listening to this song driving home in the car from visiting my father in hospital before he passed away and then again when my cat was dying - even now it still gets to me Ashamed to say it even happened when they played a festival which was a bit embarrassing!

Me too Maggie - it's so embarrassing.

In the Living Years, Mike and the Mechanics. Or just about anything else that's even vaguely sad, really. I can shed tears over the Christmas adverts

Oh! and Dance with my Father, Luther Vandross

I cannot listen to Adele singing "Million Years Ago" without tears flowing. It's the line "I miss my mother.........". I am getting emotional just typing this.

Footprints in the sand, Leona Lewis

When you walk through a storm, from Carousel. My mantra for life

Streisand singing Evergreen and The Way We Were and anyone singing Myfanwy

What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong and the hymn Jerusalem, guaranteed to make my eyes wet!

Bruno Mars "When I was your man"
Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli " Time to say goodbye". Get teary just thinking about them!