Song guaranteed to bring tears

[Pompeylottie]

Its Oh my Papa by Eddie Calvert that has me in pieces and if "in the Living years" comes on the car radio I have to switch it off as I cant see to drive!

[bubblewrap]

Its Oh my Papa by Eddie Calvert that has me in pieces and if "in the Living years" comes on the car radio I have to switch it off as I cant see to drive!

The man with the Golden trumpet!

YouTube - UK #1 Hit 1954 EDDIE CALVERT "Oh Mein Papa"

[bluemoon]

There are a fair few, but at least it's because they remind me of things. This last week or two though a DVD has been advertised on telly (Stardust) I'd never heard of it before and it holds no associations for me, but the music which plays during that ad makes me strangely depressed.

[Paulottie]

Used to play Willie MacBride busking 20 years ago. There was a few versions out there, by Irish folk singers etc. but I seem to remember 'the men they couldn't hang' doing it quite well.

I always thought Vincent(starry starry night) Don Maclean was a bit of a tearjerker.

[dinah gale]

Sensitive bunch aren't we?

It doesn't take a lot to turn the tap on for me. When we were young my sister used to sing Old Shep just to watch me cry - it'd probably still work.

Other now.. Yes, certainly Willie Mc Bride, Gallipoli too.
And, going back to folk club days, Dead Girl of Hiroshima and Hiroshima - the one that starts 'Now the sun is in the sky....' We had a chap there who sang it with such passion, just the memory chokes me.

Land of my Fathers sung by a Welsh choir.

And what about opera? When Violetta is giving Alfredo up at his Dad's request always gets me. But then there's something in most operas that moves me. I could go on.

Yodelling songs move me to tears of laughter but that's another story!

[muckdiva]

Heard this on the radio, wonderful words.

YouTube - harry chapin - cats in the cradle

[Lady Jana Muck]

Got to be "Bright eyes" damn song always has me in tears, all the little dead bunnies

[dexterdoglancashire]

Just found this thread - sorry!
Who wants to live forever by Queen - buy gum! that gets me EVERY time!
Bernie aka DDL aka a big softie - hand me the tissues please !

[di]

Jeff Buckley also did version,beautiful & haunting.

[di]

tom waits (really hard to choose 1 off album "closing time" but have to choose just 1 it'd be "grapefruit moon") many a night(in te past!) spent wallowing!

[slooky]

daft i know but The circle of life from the lion king find it really hard to watch the DVD with the kids without blubbing OH secretly put it on my Ipod and it set me off. Must be something about being a mum

[blue411]

Time to say goodbye by sarah brightman and andrea bocellia, dont understand a word of it as its 99% italian, but me and oh watched the dancing fountains outside the bellagio hotel in las vegas last year to the song, most romantic moment of my life, oh bought me andrea bocellia album for christmas just because our song was on it, makes my hairs stand up on end just thinking about it.

[fiveravens]

The Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah and Schiller's Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th - both played very loud...

[Arachne]

This is going to sound daft, but the old scientist from The Muppets doing Time In A Bottle. Gets me every time.

YouTube - The Muppets sing Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle"

Also Johnny Cash - Hurt (and I wept like a fountain when I saw NIN doing it live - I blame than on Johnny though - especially the video)
The Humpff Family - Be There

...and several others I'd have to hear, blub to, and add to the list, as my brain can't find 'em in its filing system right now

[Derek]

In Dreams - Roy Orbison

Sobbin' and Cryin' - Monty Sunshine (Clarinet)