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My wife and I had several friends die over the last couple of years. I find myself singing "When the River Meets the Sea" by Paul Williams--the theme song for the Muppets production, "Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas." When the mountain touches the valley/All the clouds are taught to fly/As our souls will leave this land most peacefully. Though our minds be filled with questions/In our hearts we'll understand, When the river meets the sea. Like a flower that has blossomed/In the dry and barren sand/We are born and born again, so gracefully. Thus the winds of time will take us/With a sure and stead hand, When the river meets the sea. Patience, my sister, and patience, my son/In that sweet and final hour/Truth and justice will be done. Like a baby, when he's sleeping/In his loving mother's arms/What a newborn baby dreams is a mystery. But his life will find a purpose/And in time he'll understand, When the river meets the sea... When the river meets the almighty sea.
An instrumental in the mode, the melody of an old Protestant hymn: https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/track/farther-along "Cheer up my brothers live in the sunshine Farther along we'll understand why - - - "
Currently working my way through this guy's list, hitting about .400 (only Ted Williams better in the modern age). So not a guarantee (I have no interest in marimbas, fun jingly percussion, or political statement) but a worthwhile recommendation: http://tedgioia.com/besttrackssof2016hm.html
Sometimes I think that people invented new styles of music such as jazz, swing, rock'n'roll, salsa, etc., so that when they wanted to create a new song, it wouldn't have to have the melody of another song that was created 500 years ago!