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Cormac Blake

Funeral On Thursday

Sings at funerals and weddings, often the same week

style

  • celtic folk rock
  • uilleann pipes
  • bodhran
  • driving acoustic guitar
  • male baritone
  • raw and storytelling
  • pub singalong energy
  • anthemic
  • irish accent
  • unaccompanied a cappella bridge

the numbers

bpm
136
key
G major
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.48
vocal at
3.1s
length
3:12
language
En

lyrics

(instrumental)

Thursday for the burying and Saturday for the vows
Same suit, brushed twice, same songs, mostly
The trick is the second verse — you change one word
(change one word)
And the whole room decides which way to cry

They pay the same for both (the same for both)
Which tells you something about what the job is

Funeral on Thursday
(Thursday, Thursday)
Wedding on the Saturday, same voice, same room
Funeral on Thursday
Joy and grief are the same tune played slower

Mrs Cahill went on Thursday, ninety-one, no fuss
Her granddaughter married the Monaghan lad two days after
She'd have called that good planning, and she'd have been right
(been right, been right)
The same two hundred people, the same soup, different shoes

(a cappella)
Who'll sing at mine, who'll sing at mine
(BAND CRASHES BACK)

Funeral on Thursday
(Thursday, Thursday)
Wedding on the Saturday, same voice, same room
Funeral on Thursday
Joy and grief are the same tune played slower

(same tune...)