a somewhat popular reference in music is the story of Carl Tanzler or Carl von Kossel, who was a german-born radiologist who came upon a young cuban-american lady named Elena de Hoyos in his hospital. she was dying of tuberculosis. When he couldn't save her (though he tried) he payed for her funeral and established her own above-ground mausoleum. he visited for a year during which he said that "Elena's spirit would come to him when he would sit by her grave and serenade her corpse with a favorite Spanish song, and she would often tell him to take her from the grave" (sounds like the chorus...)
He eventually excavated her body, took it to his house, encased it with wax, and placed her on his bed...
a somewhat popular reference in music is the story of Carl Tanzler or Carl von Kossel, who was a german-born radiologist who came upon a young cuban-american lady named Elena de Hoyos in his hospital. she was dying of tuberculosis. When he couldn't save her (though he tried) he payed for her funeral and established her own above-ground mausoleum. he visited for a year during which he said that "Elena's spirit would come to him when he would sit by her grave and serenade her corpse with a favorite Spanish song, and she would often tell him to take her from the grave" (sounds like the chorus...) He eventually excavated her body, took it to his house, encased it with wax, and placed her on his bed...