A Man of Sorrow, and Acquainted with Grief

Sorrowful indeed:

Roscoe Holcomb - I am a man of constant sorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cJRRc8FtoQ’

Less so:

Man of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldnZnjGBGXw&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Dylan’s version (1963):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCipKmyngLY

(The album version is even more robust, but it seems to be unfindable online.)

The Soggy Bottom Boys (these are the real singers; lip-synched by various movie-stars):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8

(Terrific video, thanks to the Coen Brothers)

Stabat mater, dolerosa

Darker, deeper:

Schubert, “Der Leiermann”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTu_Jreo1SQ

Yet another notch  down/down/down …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIIS-UgixGE

Meta-that:

http://worldofdrjustice.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-hurdy-gurdy-man.html