Not meaning to be morbid and I hope you won’t take it that way but

Over the sea to Skye as the crem curtains close. My Dad used to sing this after singing me to sleep to let my older siblings know he needed them to run ahead and open the door to my bedroom. I thought as I'd be permanently asleep it would be appropriate!

I've told my boys that I don't need a funeral though and they can spend the money on a family party instead

Mine has the lines:

"And when human hearts are breaking,
Under sorrows', iron rod.
Then we find the self same aching,
Deep within the heart of God."

Hymns, I’ll let my children choose.
Music I’ve got mp3 versions of Do not stand at my grave and weep sung by Libera, You Raise Me Up and Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Boccelli for them to choose from.

I've told my children not to bother with anything. I honestly do not want people I love being all upset and stressed. I've been to a few in my time and I dislike them intensely.

Also the price! Such a lot of money. I'd rather they go on holiday or whatever

Just plonk me in a box and that is enough.

At my mum's funeral we had the three hymns during the church service which she had chosen years before, including " I vow to thee my country", she had been in the services in the war. At the crematorium after the church service we had "Swing Low" and at the very end "now is the hour", the Maori Farewell, sung by Vera Lynn. Mum had been a Wren in the war and the ship she was on sailed in and out of Wellington (in fact that is where she got engaged) . She always said that whenever she heard that song it reminded her of the choirs that lined the quayside singing it.

My Dad had ‘We’ll meet again” by Vera Lynn and “Time to say goodbye” Andrea Bocelli and “Nessum Dorma”. He was in the Air Force in the war. Have to say the ‘Time to say Goodbye’ set me off crying but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Not religious so not bothered about a funeral but as cheap as possible. I would like my ashes to be buried under a newly planted tree with a few saved to be taken out into space when my grand daughter becomes an astronaut. I have picked some songs - "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis - I can't stand them but my sons love them and it is for them after all. My message to everyone is "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by the Mamas and Papas, and for me I'll have "Ready for Roses Now" by Marti Webb. I have told them they can have their choice too which would be "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead". Hope this doesn't offend but our family has a very dark sense of humour.