Funeral Singers Sydney | Approved Hymn List
This is our list of 40 carefully chosen hymns, selected to suit the liturgy, and the ones we know and sing well.
Song placement is handled in our booking form, where we guide you step by step — we’ve already done the sorting, you just need to make your choices.
- Abide with Me (Traditional)
- All Good Gifts (Godspell)
- Amazing Grace (Traditional)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Be Not Afraid (Dufford)
- Come as You Are (Brown)
- Do Not Be Afraid (Willcock)
- Eagles’ Wings (Andersen)
- Galilee Song (Andersen)
- Gentle as Silence (White)
- Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (Landry)
- Hail Queen of Heaven (Traditional)
- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
- Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)
- How Great Thou Art (Traditional)
- I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
- I’ll Be Always Loving You (Watts)
- Isaiah 49 (Landry)
- Jesus Remember Me (Taizé chant)
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Traditional)
- Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
- Ode to Joy / Song of Joy (Beethoven)
- On Eagles’ Wings (Joncas)
- One Bread One Body (Foley)
- Our Supper Invitation (Bates)
- Panis Angelicus (Franck)
- Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)
- Prayer of St Francis (Temple)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Traditional)
- Strong and Constant (Andersen)
- Summoned by Love (Watts)
- Take My Hand (Sr Janet Mead)
- Take Our Bread (Wise)
- The Lord Is My Shepherd (Boniwell)
- The Lord’s My Shepherd (Crimond)
- The Rose (Bette Midler)
- The Trinity Song (Andersen)
- Wherever You Go (Norbert)
- You Are Mine (Haas)
- You Raise Me Up
Note: Instrumental music will be played before and during the service where needed by our pianist. Our list includes popular songs as well as hymns, and our booking form guides you where these songs can be sung. Any recorded music for audio-visual presentations or exit songs is organised by the Funeral Director.