About death - Part I

Creata da Don Juan il 31 Gen 2018 | Ultima modifica Don Juan 31 Maggio 2022
About death - Part I

Content that deals with the subject of death. Death of self, someone loved, etc.

100 other songs can be found here.

Vedi anche: Moments of our lives

Condividere
1. Cazuza - Cobaias de Deus Portoghese 

This song doesn't directly mention death, but its lyrics can be a reference to Cazuza's last days, perishing to AIDS. He mentions to his family that he is afraid. The song's title can be understood as if we were puppets to God - he did of us what he wanted.

Traduzioni:  Italiano, Inglese

This song was written after one of Laura Pausini's friends died. She even planted a tree in her home, alluding to the lyrics.

This song was written after one of Laura Pausini's friends died. She even planted a tree in her home, alluding to the lyrics.

This song was written after two of Laura Pausini's childhood friends died. The music video shows three little girls interacting, showing Laura and her late friends.

This song was written after two of Laura Pausini's childhood friends died.

Traduzioni:  Inglese, Russo

This song was written after Laura Pausini's grandmother died. She was very attached to this grandma and misses her a lot.

Traduzioni:  Arabo

This song was written after Laura Pausini's grandmother died. She was very attached to this grandma and misses her a lot.

8. Laura Pausini - Agora não Portoghese 

This song was written after Laura Pausini's grandmother died. She was very attached to this grandma and misses her a lot.

Traduzioni:  Croato
+6 altro
, Ebraico, Inglese #1, #2, Russo #1, #2, Spagnolo

9. Sophie Meade - Lullaby Inglese 

Suggested by DarkJoshua. Talks about a child who's lost their mother and wish to die in order to be together with her.

Suggested by petit élève.

Suggested by taddy26. Miley Cyrus wrote the song for her late grandfather.

Traduzioni:  Azero

12. Jacques Brel - Fernand Francese 

Suggested by petit élève. One of many songs about the loss of a friend.

Suggested by petit élève. Song talks about mortality.

Traduzioni:  Italiano
+9 altro
, Bretone, Inglese #1, #2, Portoghese, Russo, Spagnolo #1, #2, #3, Tedesco

In 'The Lion King' Broadway musical, this eulogy is performed after the death of King Mufasa and the alleged death of Simba in the wildebeest stampede. The characters mourn the death of their leader.

Suggested by maluca.

Traduzioni:  Bretone
+9 altro
, Croato #1, #2, Greco, Inglese #1, #2, Rumeno #1, #2, Svedese, Tedesco

Suggested by petit élève. Singer pictures a last feast with his friends before his death.

17. Jacques Brel - Les vieux Francese 

Suggested by petit élève. About how elderly people wait for the Grim Reaper to come .

Traduzioni:  Giapponese

18. Jacques Brel - La fanette Francese 

Suggested by petit élève. It's a tragic love story where the girl dies in the end.

19. Jacques Brel - La mort Francese 

Suggested by petit élève.

Suggested by petit élève. Song is about suicide.

Suggested by Loot.

Traduzioni:  Croato

Suggested by Loot.

Traduzioni:  Portoghese

Suggested by maluca.

Traduzioni:  Polacco, Tedesco

Suggested by Viola Ortes.

Traduzioni:  Francese

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about a man who suicides to not to live his life on a wheelchair.

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about a man who's on the bed of death of a friend and begs him to not to die.

28. Marco Masini - Caro babbo Italiano 

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about a man who describes his life of when he was a child and begs his dead father to come back.

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about an italian family by their mamma's bed, accompanying her through the way...

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about an italian family by their mamma's bed, accompanying her through the way...

Italian version of #29.

Suggested by Sarasvati.

Suggested by petit élève. Song pictures the anguish of death and ending with the day of reckoning.

Traduzioni:  Francese

Suggested by petit élève. Song deals with his own fear of death in a symbolic way.

Traduzioni:  Italiano #1
+40 altro
, #2, #3, Bulgaro, Ceco, Ebraico, Finlandese #1, #2, #3, Francese #1, #2, #3, Inglese #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, Kirghiso, Norvegese, Polacco #1, #2, #3, Rumeno #1, #2, #3, #4, Serbo, Spagnolo #1, #2, #3, Tedesco, Traslitterazione, Turco, Ucraino, Vietnamita

Suggested by petit élève. Song is about the loss of a friend in war.

Traduzioni:  Bulgaro
+20 altro
, Ebraico #1, #2, #3, #4, Finlandese #1, #2, #3, #4, Inglese #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Lituano #1, #2, Olandese, Tedesco #1, #2, Turco, Ucraino

36. Céline Dion - Vole Francese 

In May 1993, Dion lost her 16-year-old daughter Karine to cystic fibrosis. This song is a direct reference to death as it mentions flying to find a light.

37. Céline Dion - Fly Inglese 

In May 1993, Dion lost her 16-year-old daughter Karine to cystic fibrosis. This song is a direct reference to death as it mentions flying to find a light. This is the English version of the song 'Vole' (#36 on this list).

Suggested by Diazepan Medina. John Leyton cover.

Traduzioni:  Russo

39. Soap&Skin - Vater Tedesco 

Suggested by alltid_aldrig.

Suggested by alltid_aldrig.

Suggested by alltid_aldrig.

Suggested by Sarasvati.

Traduzioni:  Giapponese

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Title translates as "Life", a pretty simply explanation about how everyone will meet the same fate, no one is an exception to the rule.

Traduzioni:  Francese

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Title translates as "Wedding Celebration" - a song about a son behind bars as he explains that his little brother is getting married and he has no way of reaching him. In the end, the man dies in prison and asks his siblings to love each other and love his mother on his behalf.

Traduzioni:  Francese
+5 altro
, Inglese #1, #2, Polacco, Spagnolo #1, #2

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Title translates as "Grandmother" - a song about a man remembering his grandmother (after she has passed away), growing older and then understanding as an old man why his grandmother used to cry when she looked up at the sky.

Traduzioni:  Francese
+6 altro
, Inglese #1, #2, Spagnolo #1, #2, #3, Tedesco

48. Zapotec Folk - Simuna Zapoteco 

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Title is the name of the woman in the song - a man tries to see his beloved who is bedridden and ill but her mother keeps him away, his beloved dies without having seen him for the last time. The man promises her that he will soon join her because nothing is keeping him from going.

Traduzioni:  Inglese #1
+3 altro
, #2, Spagnolo #1, #2

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Title translates as "When a Tehuana (a woman from Tehuantepec) dies" - a "spoken word" song about the rituals and procession after a woman of Tehuantepec dies.

Traduzioni:  Inglese, Tedesco

50. Luis Martínez Hinojosa - Guigu Bi'cu Spagnolo, Zapoteco 

Suggested by phantasmagoria. Luis Martínez Hinojosa wrote and composed the song depicting a man's desire to say farewell to his fatherland (and state), along with the traditions that come from there and asks for forgiveness that he's leaving his home (through death).

Traduzioni:  Inglese, Tedesco

Suggested by phantasmagoria. A man is unable to bury his grandson and is hassled for documentation and money by a gravedigger, so he goes and buries him in a box he's made under a milpa, then proceeds to warn others that "no matter if you're rich or poor, even in death (in a cemetery) you will find inequality".

52. Evanescence - Hello Inglese 

Song remembers one of vocalist Amy Lee's sisters, who died of an illness in 1987 at age three.

Traduzioni:  Italiano
+39 altro
, Arabo, Bosniaco, Ceco #1, #2, Coreano, Croato, Estone, Finlandese, Francese #1, #2, Giapponese, Greco, Indonesiano, Latino, Lettone, Olandese, Persiano #1, #2, Polacco #1, #2, Portoghese, Rumeno, Russo #1, #2, #3, Serbo #1, #2, Slovacco, Spagnolo, Tailandese, Tedesco, Turco #1, #2, #3, Ucraino, Ungherese #1, #2, Vietnamita #1, #2

53. Evanescence - Tourniquet Inglese 

Song is performed from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about a man who's gonna die in a snow storm on the mount Kilimanjaro.

Traduzioni:  Italiano #1

Suggested by Viola Ortes. It talks about a man who dies while working.

Suggested by Diazepan Medina. Song tells the story of a prisioner who is set free, just to find out his loved one died of sorrow and was buried by her father.

Traduzioni:  Italiano

Suggested by Diazepan Medina. This song was specifically written for a certain scene in a Manolo Escobar movie (Entre Dos Amores). His daughter had a fatal accident while horseriding and she doesn't survive. This song is played in the background while she's at the hospital.

Traduzioni:  Francese, Inglese

Suggested by Diazepan Medina. Song is about the suicide of the argentinian poetess Alfonsina Storni who in real life jumped from a bridge to the sea, but the song says she moved slowly deep into the sea.

Traduzioni:  Italiano
+13 altro
, Francese #1, #2, Giapponese, Inglese #1, #2, #3, Olandese, Portoghese, Rumeno, Russo #1, #2, #3, Tedesco

The song doesn't directly talk about death, but it has been heavily used in videos made by people who lost their loved ones (most often, a child).

Suggested by Zarina01. Song title translates to Lady Death in English.

Traduzioni:  Inglese

Suggested by Josemar. In his words, the singer has a unique way to talk about death.

Suggested by Karaula. This song is about the tuberculosis that the artist suffered from. It is so sad that many people attempted suicide after hearing it, so much that Josip Broz Tito had to legally prohibit playing it.

Lingue:  Serbo → Inglese

Creata da Karaula il Lunedì, febbraio 26, 2018

Suggested by Karaula.

Suggested by Karaula. In his words, this is 'The saddest song that I know, maybe not the same in English, but whenever I hear the original I (he) almost sheds a tear'. The song talks about a mother's death.

Lingue:  Bosniaco → Inglese

Creata da MayGoLoco il Venerdì, luglio 8, 2011

65. Evanescence - Like You Inglese 

Suggested by Zarina01. Song is about the vocalist Amy Lee's younger sister, who tragically died when she was only three, it's about how Amy is grieving her sister's death and how she's contemplating suicide to be with her deceased sister.

66. Idaaliur - Le chemin de l'étincelant Inglese, Francese 

Suggested by makis17.

Traduzioni:  Greco

Suggested by solo.

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Francese

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Serbo

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Russo, Serbo

72. Alice in Chains - Died Inglese 

Suggested by solo.

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Greco
+5 altro
, Portoghese #1, #2, Russo, Serbo, Turco

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Rumeno, Ucraino

Suggested by solo.

Traduzioni:  Ucraino

77. Legião Urbana - Dezesseis Portoghese 

Suggested by Nil. The song is about a young student who dies in a car crash.

Traduzioni:  Francese
+2 altro
, Inglese #1, #2

Suggested by Viola Ortes. Song talks about Stefania, a girl who dies in childbirth at the age of twenty.

Traduzioni:  Catalano

79. Lacuna Coil - Within Me Inglese 

Suggested by stary night.

Suggested by BreezyDay.

Traduzioni:  Italiano
+59 altro
, Arabo, Armeno, Azero, Bielorusso, Bulgaro #1, #2, Catalano, Coreano, Croato #1, #2, Curdo (Sorani), Ebraico, Finlandese, Francese #1, #2, #3, Greco #1, #2, #3, #4, Latino, Olandese #1, #2, Persiano #1, #2, #3, Polacco, Portoghese, Rumeno #1, #2, Russo #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, Serbo #1, #2, #3, Spagnolo #1, #2, #3, Svedese #1, #2, Tedesco #1, #2, #3, Tongano, Turco #1, #2, #3, Ucraino #1, #2, Ungherese #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Vietnamita

Suggested by BreezyDay.

Suggested by Stefano8. Song tells the story of a man who knows he must die has time to settle his life and say goodbye to everybody and everything, with sadness but no regrets.

Traduzioni:  Inglese, Polacco

Suggested by Stefano8. Song tells the story of an old woman who is serene while thinking about her death. She had a full life, but now she’s ready to depart; also, she will get to see her loved ones again.

Suggested by Stefano8. This is a tribute for a friend that was gone too soon.

Suggested by Stefano8. Song is about a young girl who died just as she was entering life, after meeting her first love.

Traduzioni:  Croato
+19 altro
, Finlandese, Francese, Giapponese, Greco #1, #2, Inglese #1, #2, Polacco, Portoghese, Rumeno, Russo #1, #2, #3, #4, Spagnolo #1, #2, Tedesco #1, #2, Turco

Suggested by Stefano8. Sadness imbues this song about a horse that toiled in an underground mine its whole life. The only relief it gets is when it’s finally too old to keep working, and it’s put down right after being brought out into the sun one last time.

Suggested by Black Mamba.

Suggested by bilgeakbas.

Traduzioni:  Spagnolo, Turco

Suggested by notaprincess9.

Suggested by notaprincess9.

Suggested by notaprincess9.

Suggested by v1kos. This is an anti-war song. It is about all of the young soldiers who gave their lives in the first World War.

Traduzioni:  Italiano

Suggested by v1kos. This song is about a woman mourning for the death of her loved one.

Suggested by v1kos. This song is about a man waking up after dreaming about his own death.

Suggested by v1kos. This song is about an atheist man who is about to die.

Suggested by v1kos. This song is about the death of Martian (The bassist’s dog ).

Traduzioni:  Tedesco, Turco

Suggested by Jethro Paris.

Commenti
AnerneqAnerneq
   Mer, 31/01/2018 - 22:41

I'm going to love this collection, I wonder why I didn't think about it earlier. Check this song out, it's about a child who's lost their mother and wish to die in order to be together with her.

RadixIceRadixIce
   Gio, 01/02/2018 - 00:41

Because she seems to appreciate her friends, look, she's even written a song after her friend died :d

makis17makis17    Gio, 01/02/2018 - 18:49

I still wouldn't like ever friend to sing my eulogy. *shok* :P

Don JuanDon Juan
   Dom, 04/02/2018 - 19:26

How could I forget THIS song?!? I watched this musical live here in Brazil, it was so funny and catchy!! xD

It's been added now, thanks for reminding me ;)

Arou_Arou_    Dom, 04/02/2018 - 21:10

Cool! :D
Yeah, I've watched it too, over here, and I liked it a lot! Catchy tunes, like you said, and puns galore... Awesome! :P

You're welcome! :)

BreezyDayBreezyDay    Ven, 05/04/2019 - 03:52

When I was a kid, I had an 8-track with this song. Used to listen to it all the time.

Viola OrtesViola Ortes
   Sab, 03/02/2018 - 15:30

Please add this: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/alberto-fortis-la-sedia-di-lillà-lyrics.h... it talks about a man who suicides to not to live his life on a wheelchair.
And this: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/marco-masini-frankenstein-lyrics.html it talks about a man who's on the bed of death of a friend and begs him to not to die.
This one too: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/marco-masini-caro-babbo-lyrics.html
It talks about a man who describes his life of when he was a child and begs his dead father to come back.

Viola OrtesViola Ortes
   Sab, 03/02/2018 - 16:36

Yes, he sung many songs in italian. He's 94 years old and he's gonna be in Italy the next 23rd of june for a unique concert after the one in Verona on september 2016. I hope I'm gonna be able to be at that concert.

Don JuanDon Juan
   Dom, 04/02/2018 - 19:38

All should have been added by now, thanks for the suggestions :)

alltid_aldrigalltid_aldrig    Mer, 07/02/2018 - 13:12

I would suggest Soap&Skin's "Vater"
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/vater-father.html-0

And Fabrizio De André's "Preghiera in Gennaio";
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/preghiera-gennaio-prayer-january.html

"La ballata dell'eroe";
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/Fabrizio-De-Andre-La-ballata-delleroe-lyr...

"La ballata dell'amore cieco";
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/la-ballata-dell039amore-cieco-ballad-blin...

and "La morte"
https://lyricstranslate.com/it/la-morte-death.html-0#songtranslation

(Actually many of his songs revolve around the theme of death but these are my favourite ones)

citlālicuecitlālicue
   Gio, 15/02/2018 - 02:03

Okay, after some thought I'd like to present the following:

Zapotec:
1. Guenda nabáani: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tonana-guendanabani-lyrics.html
Title translates as "Life", a pretty simply explanation about how everyone will meet the same fate, no one is an exception to the rule.

2. Saa Guendaxheela': https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tlalok-guerrero-saa-guendaxheela-lyrics.html
Title translates as "Wedding Celebration" - a song about a son behind bars as he explains that his little brother is getting married and he has no way of reaching him. In the end, the man dies in prison and asks his siblings to love each other and love his mother on his behalf.

3. Xahuéla': https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mi-abuela-xahu%C3%A9la-my-grandma.html
Title translates as "Grandmother" - a song about a man remembering his grandmother (after she has passed away), growing older and then understanding as an old man why his grandmother used to cry when she looked up at the sky.

4. Simuna: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/zapotec-folk-simuna-lyrics.html
Title is the name of the woman in the song - a man tries to see his beloved who is bedridden and ill but her mother keeps him away, his beloved dies without having seen him for the last time. The man promises her that he will soon join her because nothing is keeping him from going.

Spanish:
1. Cuando la tehuana muere: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jes%C3%BAs-ram%C3%ADrez-hern%C3%A1ndez-cu...
Title translates as "When a Tehuana1 dies" - a "spoken word" song about the rituals and procession after a woman of Tehuantepec dies.

2. Guigu Bi'cu: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/luis-mart%C3%ADnez-hinojosa-guigu-bicu-ly...
Luis Martínez Hinojosa wrote and composed the song depicting a man's desire to say farewell to his fatherland (and state), along with the traditions that come from there and asks for forgiveness that he's leaving his home (through death).

3. Miguel y el panteonero: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/luis-mart%C3%ADnez-hinojosa-miguel-y-el-p...
A man is unable to bury his grandson and is hassled for documentation and money by a gravedigger, so he goes and buries him in a box he's made under a milpa, then proceeds to warn others that "no matter if you're rich or poor, even in death (in a cemetery) you will find inequality".

  • 1. a woman from Tehuantepec
Don JuanDon Juan
   Gio, 15/02/2018 - 22:31

All should have been added by now, thanks for the suggestions :)

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   Dom, 18/02/2018 - 22:44

New suggestions:

https://lyricstranslate.com/es/antonio-molina-la-hija-de-juan-sim%C3%B3n...
A prisioner is set free, just to find out his loved one died of sorrow and was buried by her father

https://lyricstranslate.com/es/manolo-escobar-sabor-zorongo-lyrics.html
This song was specifically written for a certain scene in a Manolo Escobar movie (Entre Dos Amores). His daughter had a fatal accident while horseriding and she doesn't survive. This song is played in the background while she's at the hospital.

https://lyricstranslate.com/es/mercedes-sosa-alfonsina-y-el-mar-lyrics.html
It's about the suicide of the argentinian poetess Alfonsina Storni who in real life jumped from a bridge to the sea, but the song says she moved slowly deep into the sea.

KaraulaKaraula    Lun, 26/02/2018 - 01:51

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/plu%C4%87a-su-mi-bolna-my-lungs-are-achin...
This song is about the tuberculosis that the artist suffered from. It is so sad that many people attempted suicide after hearing it, so much that Josip Broz Tito had to legally prohibit playing it.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/johnny-cash-when-man-comes-around-lyrics....
This one speaks for itself.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ne-klepeci-nanulama-dont-rattle-your-wood...
The saddest song that I know, maybe not the same in English, but whenever I hear the original I almost shed a tear. It's about a mother's death.

BreezyDayBreezyDay    Dom, 18/11/2018 - 04:33

Knocking on Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan

Hard To Say Good Bye, Boyz to Men

Don JuanDon Juan
   Dom, 18/11/2018 - 18:49

The Boyz song hasn't been added yet, so I can't add it here.

BreezyDayBreezyDay    Ven, 05/04/2019 - 03:48

Sorry, I should have added it. Not sure where my head was

Don JuanDon Juan
   Dom, 18/11/2018 - 18:49

Hi, most of them have been added -- sorry for taking almost nine months in some cases. Better late than never, they say.

Don JuanDon Juan
   Dom, 16/12/2018 - 23:04

There doesn't seem to be an entry of this song in her page. Is it a cover? I have added one with the same name, if it's different, I'll remove it.

BreezyDayBreezyDay    Ven, 05/04/2019 - 04:05

Sorry I should have added it.

ADDING: Forgive my rudeness!

v1k0sv1k0s    Mer, 03/04/2019 - 01:01

Dropkick Murphys - The Green Fields Of France
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dropkick-murphys-green-fields-france-lyri...
This is an anti-war song. It is about all of the young soldiers who gave their lives in the first World War.
"And I can't help but wonder, no, Willie McBride
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you "The Cause"?
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?".

Evanescence - Even in Death
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Evanescence-Even-Death-lyrics.html
This song is about a woman mourning for the death of her loved one.
"Some say I'm crazy for my love, [...]
They don't know you can't leave me
They don't hear you singing to me".

Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Linkin-Park-Leave-out-all-rest-lyrics.html
This song is about a man waking up after dreaming about his own death.
"When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed".

Muse - Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Muse-Thoughts-Dying-Atheist-lyrics.html
This song is about an atheist man who is about to die.
"Look through a faithless eye
Are you afraid to die?

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see".

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Death of a martian
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/red-hot-chili-peppers-death-martian-lyric...
This song is about the death of Martian (The bassist’s dog ).
"Bear paws and rascal power
Watching us in your garage
Big girl you ate the neighbor
The nova is over"

Jethro ParisJethro Paris    Mer, 03/04/2019 - 00:51

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
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Eminem - Difficult A rare song Eminem wrote after his best friend's death. He actually never officialy released it and you can hear how bad he was feeling.
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Eminem - Stan
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Eminem - Bad Guy
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Orelsan - Elle viendra quand même A song about death
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Orelsan - Peur de l'echec This song is self-critical, as the song progresses, Orelsan expresses his disgust with his life and the different ways he would like to end it.
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Craig Grey - Fade Away Created for Grand Theft Auto III. Fun fact: The song mostly play when it's raining.
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Barbara - L'Aigle Noir Barbara never really explained what was the sense of this song. But many thoeries says the Black Eagle is just a metaphor for her dad, who abused her when she was young.
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Vox Angeli - L'Oiseau This song also use a metaphor, the bird being a real person, for sure. BUT, I still don't know if it's about someone's death, or someone who left forever. In any case, it's still a loss...
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Joan Baez - Here's To You
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Louane - Maman A song about her mother
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The Hanging Tree

Don JuanDon Juan
   Mer, 03/04/2019 - 23:29

Thank you for all of these! I only could add one, as the 100 item limit was reached, however :/

Jethro ParisJethro Paris    Gio, 04/04/2019 - 07:35

No problem Juan, don't worry! ;)

You can create a part II if you want :D

Connor LangilleConnor Langille    Gio, 07/05/2020 - 03:20

Will you make a second list? I have a song i'd like to share but there are already 100 in this collection.

Don JuanDon Juan
   Gio, 07/05/2020 - 15:16

OK, it took me more than a year to think of it, but given all the songs that were left out, I'll open a 'Part II' today evening ;)