IbagliWiki:State Funeral

State Funeral

• Entry of the Body: Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, Elgar

• Speaker of the House of Commons

• I Vow to Thee My Country:

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

I heard my country calling, away across the sea,

Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me.

Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,

And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead.

I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns,

I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons.

• When I am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas, Purcell

• Last Post

• Reading of Titles

• Rouse

• God Save the Queen

• Ibaglian Hymn

• Departure of the Body: Dead March from Saul, Handel