Songs and the Seeping Sadness (Memoir)

As a child, Robert Basler learned about sadness from music. The ultimate teacher: Patsy Cline.

By Robert Basler

Come and sit by my side if you love me,
do not hasten to bid me adieu,
but remember the Red River Valley,
and the cowboy who loved you so true

“Does she really love that cowboy?”

“Yes, I think she does.”

“Then why is she leaving him?”

 "Sometimes people just think they have to do something like that.”

 “They think they have to leave someone they…