Songs about Saints
All Souls’ Day
The song from the book All Souls’ Day: Light a Candle for Abuelo · Ages 4–8 · November 6, 2026
The words
Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)
Abuela takes his picture down from way up on the shelf,she laughs about the day he cooked the dinner all by himself!
Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)Say his name and say a prayer,Jesus, hold him in Your care.Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)
We pull the weeds and wash his stone, and marigolds we bring,Papá says that his body rests like a seed that waits for spring.
Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)Say his name and say a prayer,Jesus, hold him in Your care.Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)
It's all right to cry, Jesus cried, when His friend Lazarus died.But Jesus rose, alive again, He'll wake Abuelo too. Amen.
Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)Say his name and say a prayer,Jesus, hold him in Your care.Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)
Remembering is a kind of love, praying is love that reaches God.A little candle in a jar, and the wind does not blow it out.Light a candle for Abuelo. (Abuelo!)
The words in gold are the children’s part: the grown-up sings the line, the little ones shout the echo back.