Ironic that you and @Bobby Cole put up the same song I was going to put up. I love this story it was suppose to have been written by Francis Scot key.You won't be disapointed if you listen to it all. I cry almost everytime I hear it .People don't realize what they are doing when they tear down this nation or change it into what others want.
I had heard a similar story before with a different twist to it, and could never track down its origins. I now see that it was this story you posted but the facts got confused in the one I heard. The version I heard was the constituent was angry because $20,000 had been appropriated to help the widow of a naval officer. As it turns out, Crockett later voted against that appropriation for the widow because of previously getting set straight by the farmer in your video's story, Marie. When that subsequent bill came up to help the widow, Crockett helped to defeat it, referring back to the encounter with the farmer to explain why he was so "heartless" towards the widow. He rightly pointed out that there was no contract with the officer to pay this money when he was alive, so no contract could be formed after his death. He finished his "I must vote against this bill" speech on the floor of Congress with this: "Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week's pay to the object, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks." Yup. Pretty much. The story of the farmer is actually embedded in Crockett's later explanation here of why he helped to defeat that subsequent bill. Apparently, lesson learned. I wonder if the farmer ever knew the impact he had for standing up for what's right.
My favorite musical performance occurred to me less than a year ago, when I was 84. It is the great hymn revered by the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds, known as "The Holy City". It is presented in three verses: The first introduces the timeless City, the second tells of the Crucifiction, and the last verse tells of the glory of the Resurrection! When I hear this, sung by Metropolitan Opera Tenor Stanford Olsen, and backed by the 360-Voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir and 100-Piece Symphony Orchestra, there is nothing else that lifts me to such spiritual heights, and I'm not a religious man, either! And the massive Tabernacle Organ is a sight to behold as well! I play "The Holy City" every day! Hal (If you want to download this, go to You Tube select the version with Olsen wearing the White Bow Tie...It's the best version!)
Actually, a few: Cherish by The Association Just You And Me by Chicago Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner and, last, but definitely a favorite, Look At You Girl by Chris LeDoux. Only song played at our wedding!
Some that always used to somehow don't any more of late. Another that I'd barely remembered from my youth was brought to my attention in a current context recently, and I looked up the lyrics and played the song alongside that over 20 times in a row, bawling my eyes out the entire time: Every word was literally spoken directly to me and subsequently that has been confirmed several times. This one was always a tear-jerker for me and still is:
Yes, reminded me of when I saw Henry Winkler at a Mercedes dealership talking to a salesman about how impressed he was after a test drive. Total lack of "Fonzie."