May Holy Angels Lead You G3 978

Using the tune of Danny Boy for a funeral is both good as it is familiar and dangerous as it may venture into the kitsch. Then there is a wide vocal range required to pull it off. John Bell gets away with it with “Go Silent Friend” and here, Ronald F. Krisman has a go with his paraphrase of In paridisum and Chorus angelorum.

GIA no longer sell this arrangement but the preview page with the text is archived at Hymnary. It appears from this site that the the first part has been in use with LONDONDERRY AIRE in any case.

I’ve found various paraphrases set to Danny Boy, often called a Celtic Song of Farewell..

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