I was mowing the field with the iPod shuffle set to randomize, and first I got Janis Joplin singing "Me and Bobby McGee" (I couldn't find a decent link):
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no
And, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know, feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby Mcgee
From the Kentucky coal mine
To the California sun
There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather
Through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold world
One day up near Salinas, Lord
I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it
But, I'd trade all of my tomorrows
For one single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me, yeah
But, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
Hey, feelin' good was good enough for me, Mm-hmm
Good enough for me and my Bobby Mcgee
Next up,
Louis Armstrong, St. James Infirmary Blues:
I went down to St. James infirmary
Saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table
So cold...so sweet...so fair
Let her go...let her go...god bless her
Wherever she may be
She can look this wide world over
But she'll never find a sweet man like me
When I die, bury me in straight lace shoes
I wanna a boxback coat and a stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys'll know that I died standing fat
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