Amen to many of the above, & especially to Celtic Soul's nomination of "anything by Tom Lehrer." A genius.


The meadow path is lonely and the hearth it is cold and dim,
And the silent churchyard blossom blooms softly over him,
And my heart is ever yearning, for the calm that's coming on,
When its weary pulse lies sleeping, beside my Carroll Ban.

-"Carroll Ban"; John Keegan Casey