This is a major loss. Although this is not really "legally related," it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to:
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
I'm gonna sit right here until I die.I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up every time
I heard her drawl that Southern drawl.
Then I heard my dream went back downstream,
Cavortin' in Davenport,
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.Then you took me to St. Louis, later on down the river.
A freighter said she'd been here
But she's gone, boy, she's gone.
I found her trail in Memphis,
But she'd just walked up the bluff;
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.I went down to Baton Rouge, River Queen, rollin' on.
You took that woman on down
To New Orleans, New Orleans.
Go on, I've had enough;
Dump my blues down in the Gulf.
She loves you, Big River, more than me.Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
Big River, by John R. Cash, (c) 1958. In my opinion, Cash was one of the most important living figures in American music, as I think the brilliant lyrics above attest. Read about his legend here.