"Tell My Father" Topic

My daughter sings in her high school choir. This week they had their Spring Concert. One of the songs they performed I had never heard before. They were accompanied by only one instrument, a violin. This touching song is supposed to be from the American Civli War, and is about a young man who is dying on the battelfield, it is named:

"Tell My Father"

Tell my father that his son
Didn't run, or surrender
That I bore his name with pride
As I tried to remember
You are judged by what you do
While passing through
As I rest 'neath fields of green
Let him lean on your shoulder
Tell him how I spent my youth
So the truth could grow older
Tell my father when you can
I was a man
Tell him we will meet again
Where the angels learn to fly
Tell him we will meet as men
For with honor did I die
Tell him how I wore the Blue
Proud and true through the fire
Tell my father so he'll know
I love him so
Tell him how we wore the blue
Proud and true like he taught us
Tell my father not to cry
Then say goodbye

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Thank you for that info. I have idea how old this is or who orignally created it.

From the brief Broadway musical production(1999)"Civil War".
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Or Sassoon. I prefer this for the ACW:
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