WEEPER

WEEPER A weeper is a song dripping with heavy sentiment, often dealing with romantic loss, death, or betrayal. Overly sentimental songs have long been favorites in country circles, although it's sometimes difficult for the outsider to determine just how seriously these songs are meant to be taken. Songs about orphaned children, lost mothers, betrayed lovers, train wrecks, coal-mining disasters, flood, fire, and famine seem to win the hearts and ears of country audiences, no matter what the…