goodbye song

Closing musical number

A goodbye song is a song performed at the end of a gathering, program, or relationship to mark departure or closure.

Children's programs often close with goodbye songs that signal the end of class or storytime.

In broader use, any song associated with farewells or endings: The band always closes with their goodbye song.

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bittersweet · graduation · end of an era · finale · adieu · see you later · sendoff · closing · closing number · lullaby · departure · sentimental · tearful · waving · memories · last dance · last hurrah · final bow

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temporal position in performance

goodbye songopening number

First performance piece

opening song · opener · overture · curtain raiser · entrance music

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G