The song featured in this fic is a minor soul classic, "The Love of My Man," as performed by Ruby Johnson in a recording made for the famous Stax label in Memphis around 1968. Her superb collection of work is available on the CD compilation I'll Run Your Hurt Away.

To download an mp3 of "The Love of My Man," right click here and save it to your hard drive. Please do not stream. (If using a Mac, click and hold until the dialogue box pops up, and choose download.) Another version of the same song, performed by Pearlene Gray, is here.

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