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* A Sage Francis song, "[[Faking the Dead|Andy]] [[Attending Your Own Funeral|Kaufman]]", has this almost exactly. "''I put the fun back into funeral/My morbid humor'll kill ya''"
* ''Going Out In Style'' by The [[Dropkick Murphys]] is sung from the POV of someone who doesn't care what's done to his body after he goes as long as there's a huge, loud, well-lubricated traditional Irish wake.
* The Pogues' (sensing an Irish theme yet?) "Body of an American", as excellently used in ''[[The Wire]]''{{'}}s cop funerals;
{{quote|''Fifteen minutes later we had our first taste of whiskey''
''There was uncles givin' lectures on ancient Irish hist'ry''
''The men all started tellin' jokes and the women they got frisky''
''By five o'clock in the evenin' every bastard there was pisky!''
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** More specifically this was one of the roles played by an Archimime, who would imitate the dead as part of their role.
* This is often practiced in funerals of circus performers.
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