Clear skies this morning. Looks like the latest hurricane has passed, or as Ethel Waters once sang in the 1930s (with accompaniment by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, lyrics by Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)…

I like this rhyme:

When he went away the blues walked in and met me.
If he stays away old rockin chair will get me.

There must be a dozen or more versions of this song by famous singers, but I have not seen or heard one better than the original. Wonder if anyone in pop has attempted an alternative version?