always a winner!!
… … And then came the announcement over the loudspeaker
“Would those having relatives or friends on Flight number 1203
Please report to the chapel across the street at once”
Then I felt a burning break deep inside
And I knew the heavenly ebony skies
Had taken my life’s most wonderful prize
My beautiful Ebony Eyes
Another tugger of heart strings was Tell Laura I Love Her sung by Ricky Valance and written by Jeff Barry & Ben Raleigh in 1960.
A more modern offering is Visiting Hours by Ed Sheeran
“I wish that heaven had visiting hours
So, I could just show up and bring the news
That she’s getting older, and I wish that you met her
The things that she’ll learn from me
I got them all from you”
As someone who always enjoyed Andy Williams, this one is well sung.
Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky