THIS IS AN ELEGY TO THE LATE JAMES CLIFTON WILLIAMS WHO DIED IN 1976 AT AGE 53. W. FRANCIS MCBETH WAS ONE OF HIS MUSIC STUDENTS AT U.T. AND WROTE THIS IN 1976. FROM VOL. 2 OF 'MCBETH CONDUCTS MCBETH' LP, PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND.