Folk Songs About Death and the Afterlife

Death, dying and the afterlife (or whatever). Some musical Q&A.

[played 2007]
Susan Werner\ Probably Not\ The Gospel Truth\ Self
John Prine\ Please Don't Bury Me\ Great Days\ Rhino
Claire Lynch\ Long After I'm Gone\ New Day\ Rounder
Michael Smith\ We Become Birds\ Time\ Flying Fish

[also good]
Phil Ochs' "When I'm Gone"
Dave Carter's "When I Go"
Pete Seeger's "Old Devil Time"
Don Conoscenti's "The Other Side"

Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) and
Johnny Cash: A Hundred Highways, esp. Like the 309

Joe Crookston  - Fall Down as the Rain
Joe Crookston   - The Good Stuff

"Old Man" by Randy Newman
on his album "Sail Away"

Iris DeMent\ Let the Mystery Be
Zoe Speaks\ I Believe\ Birds Fly South\ Redbird
Zoe Speaks\ Just a Rose Will Do\ Birds Fly South\ Redbird
Lou and Peter Berryman\ After Life Goes By\ The Pink One\ Cornbelt
Old Dogs - Still Gonna Die
O Death - Ralph Stanley - O Brother Soundtrack
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on my Trail
Donna the Buffalo: Riddle of the Universe
Ani Difranco & Utah Phillips\ Pie in the Sky\ Fellow Workers\ Righteous Babe