Kim C has done a beautiful job with her LAST LETTER HOME "And remember our sweetest affections are bound by cords stronger than death." I have sung this song for a number of shows, over the years.


I have written another song that fits the "crossing over" subject. It is a Civil War song I wrote from Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's dying words, and is the title song for a new album I'll release later this year. Here're the lyrics:

CHO:
Let us cross over the river
And sit in the shade of the tress
Let us cross over the river
For the day is done
Let us take our ease

Gone are the racket and rattle
Gentle the glow of the sun
Distant the field of the battle
Contented my work here is done

CHO

My soldiers are tired and weary
They're ragged but their spirits are strong
The years have been bitter and dreary
These hardships they've battled so long

CHO

Many's the home that's been grieved in
For their loved ones I led into war
Fought and died for what they believed in
So many I've brought to this shore

CHO

repeat first verse/CHO except change the last line of the verse to:

Contented His work here is done