The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50060   Message #759440
Posted By: michaelr
03-Aug-02 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: What is the saddest song?
Subject: RE: What is the saddest song?
Lynn -- that Mary Black song is "Anachie Gordon", which I nominated in my previous post. He does not only "arrive just in time for the funeral":

The day Jeannie married was the day that Jeannie died
And the day that young Anachie came home on the tide
...
And he's kissed her cold lips and his heart has turned to stone
And he's died in the chamber that his love she lies in.

Doesn't get much sadder than that. My band's lead singer really loves this song, but we've had to cease performing it because it's such a downer for the audience!

Cheers,
Michael