There's the ol' man, they call the Mississippi..dang, I love typing that word...(jumps to the calliope keyboard and starts trundling te firewood..

C'mon and hear!
C'mon and hear!
it's Alexander's Ragtime Bannnnnd!!...

And the gay wee notes of the calliope drift out over the merging of great waters, as Cairo comes up abeam...and moonlight starts to reflect across the dark and choppy delta where the beautiful Ohio meets her great fate, joining the Mississippi, and rolling south for Dixie...