One for the road

The final curtain

Sir, – Due to the climate crisis I have been forced to instruct my executor to disallow Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. However, Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye should be fine. – Yours, etc,

ROGER QUILLIGAN,

Eastleigh,

Hampshire, UK.

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Sir, – Some time ago I asked our youngest son to do MC at my farewell gig when the time comes and I’ve been texting him occasionally asking him to add certain favourite music and songs as they occur to me.

However, the list has now grown so long that he recently commented to me that the undertaker might be saying to those assembled “Have ye no homes to go to?” – Yours, etc,

ROSEMARY GRAHAM,

Malahide,

Co Dublin.

Sir, – I have asked for We Have All The Time In The World sung by Louis Armstrong to be played at mine. – Yours, etc,

KEITH NOLAN,

Carrick-on-Shannon,

Co Leitrim.

Sir, – I’m on My Way by the Proclaimers. – Yours, etc,

NOEL SHANAGHY,

Faithlegg,

Co Waterford.

Sir, – Quite some time ago I made it known that my ashes should be scattered into the Atlantic Ocean to the beautiful sounds of Paul Brady’s Nobody Knows. – Yours, etc,

LIAM STENSON,

Galway.

Sir, – My choice would be Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye by Gracie Fields. – Yours, etc,

FRANK WHELAN,

Booterstown,

Co Dublin.

Sir, – Given I will be six feet under, Pump Up The Volume would be a fitting choice! – Yours, etc,

MICHAEL STOREY,

Glencar,

Sligo.

Sir, – Into the Mystic by Van the Man. – Yours, etc,

MICHAEL KEEGAN,

Booterstown,

Co Dublin.

Sir, – Perhaps the tune that accompanies one’s final farewell isn’t as significant as the game of musical chairs one played while still alive. – Yours, etc,

DONAL KELLEHER,

Ballinasloe,

Co Galway.

Sir, – My husband and I attended his late cousin’s cremation some time ago. Her choice of final song was Closing Time by Leonard Cohen! I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

His choice would be Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life from Monty Python! – Yours, etc,

MARY DUNNE,

Gormanston,

Co Meath.