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The Dalai Lama writes a lot about such things. He's a hard act to follow but I figure if I can get my mind part the way he suggests I must be doing better than if I didn't try at all. I think I'll have to try to balance the grief felt about her death with actually celebrating her life.

(aka "But the Melody Lingers On")

Thanks so much for this info. Monday, 30 August The song is ended but the melody lingers on. So said Irving Berlin. I'm trying to write a funeral eulogy for mum without using the phrase: How do you sum up someone's life? But what I really want to do is give an idea of her as an individual - not just 'wife of' or 'mother of' Here's a picture of her looking serene while my sister and I both going through a terrifying Axl Rose lookalike phase sit either side of her.

Louis Armstrong - The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)

Meanwhile I've found a poem: All Is Well Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped into the next room I am I and you are you Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name, Speak to me in the easy way which you always used Put no difference in your tone, Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Not all comments will be posted.

The Song Is Ended

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Words and Music by: Independent Publication not for a Broadway show, revue, movie, etc. On the Main Stage at Cafe Songbook. About the Origins of the Song. During their time in the church, family members privately thanked mourners who had gathered to say goodbye.

The Song Is Ended

Many mourners left the church in tears but took the time to thank the family for allowing them the opportunity to say their own goodbyes. Sinead Tierney, who attended with her daughter Kerri 16 , lived near Dolores and said they often saw Dolores on the roads around their home when she was back in Limerick. Marian Vallely paid an emotional goodbye to Dolores today. She had taught the singer as a young pupil from her first day in national school in The Model School in Limerick.

She was a beautiful girl and a lovely family and we are heartbroken," she said.

The song is ended but the melody lingers on - Muziekweb

She was always a lovely quiet child and she did her best. She grew in confidence as she joined The Cranberries," she recalled.


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I remember her standing on the desk singing to fifth and sixth class pupils and how proud she was," she added. Marion also paid tribute to the singer's family for allowing the public to pay their own respects to Dolores. I have written to her mother," she added.

The song is ended but the melody lingers on

Terry and Marian Reeves from Limerick gathered to pay their respects. They had met the singer once shortly after her marriage. We had stopped to ask them directions and noticed they were drinking champagne. It was only after I realised it was Dolores O'Riordan and I knew she had just got married a while earlier. She spoke to us chatting about people we knew.


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She was just a lovely down to earth girl," said Terry. Mourners said silent prayers in front of the open coffin, with many shedding tears as they said their goodbyes. Others visibly broke down as the left the church. Fan Yan 27 from China had travelled to Limerick with three friends.