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Linda Eder - The Civil War: The Complete Work - I Never Knew His Name
The Civil War: The Complete Work
Disc 1
01. Prologue
02. Brother, My Brother
03. Lincoln: The Better Angels of Our Nature
04. By the Sword / Sons of Dixie
05. Tell My Father
06. My Name Is Frederick Douglass
07. Freedom's Child
08. Missing You (My Bill)
09. If Prayin' Were Horses
10. Virginia
11. The Day the Sun Stood Still
12. Oh, Be Joyful!
13. Frederick Douglass: The Destiny of America
14. Father How Long?
15. Brother, My Brother (reprise)
16. A Nurse's Diary
17. I Never Knew His Name
18. Still I Rise
19. River Jordan
Disc 2
01. Lincoln: The Bottom Is Out of the Tub
02. How Many Devils?
03. Old Gray Coat
04. With These Hands
05. The White House at Night
06. Candle in the Window
07. Greenback
08. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
09. Someday
10. Regimental Drummer
11. I'll Never Pass This Way Again
12. Lincoln: Letter to Mrs. Bixby
13. Five Boys
14. Judgement Day
15. Sarah
16. The Honor of Your Name
17. Northbound Train
18. Last Waltz for Dixie
19. In Great Deeds
20. The Glory
I never knew his name
As he called to me
Pleading with his eyes
Suddenly so wise
Trying not to cry
Now he's gone and I
Never knew his name

I've seen his kind before
Rising to his fall
God, he was so young
Like a song half sung
Interrupted by
Someone just as shy,
Who never knew his name

The true cost of honor is suddenly too clear
It measures too far and deep

He always looks the same
Dressed in blue or gray
All the life he'll miss
Girls he'll never kiss
Things he'll never try
Unaware that I
Never knew his name

I never knew his name
Guess it's just as well
So I do my part
Hiding from my heart
Whispering goodbye
Thanking God that I
Never knew his name