A Nurse's Diary Lyrics > Civil War: The Complete Work, The
A Nurse's Diary Lyrics
In one bed a young man, Company K, Seventh Maine-- sick with dysentery and
typhoid fever --- pretty critical case-- I talk with him often -- he thinks he
will die --looks like it too. I let himj talk to me a little, but not much.
Advise him to keep very quiet -- do most of the talking myself -- stay quite
awhile with him, as he holds on to my hand -- talk to him in a cheering, but
slow, low and measured manner -- talk about his furlough, and going home as soon
as he is able to travel. He suffers horribly, has to be constantly dosed with
morphine, his face ashy and glazed, bright young eyes. He asked me to read him a
chapter in the new testament -- how Christ rose again. I read very slowly, for
he was feeble. It pleased him very much, yet there were tears in his eyes. He
asked me if I enjoyed religion. I said, "Perhaps not in the way you mean." He
said, "It is my chief reliance." He talked of death and said he did not fear it.
I said, "Don't you think you will get well?" He said, "I may, but it is not
likely." And he turned his face away from me, and died.
Last Update: June, 10th 2013
Civil War: The Complete Work, The Lyrics
- Disk 1
- Prologue
- Brother, My Brother
- Lincoln: The Better Angels Of Our Nature
- By The Sword/Sons Of Dixie
- Tell My Father
- My Name Is Fredrick Douglass
- Freedom's Child
- Missing You (My Bill)
- If Prayin' Were Horses
- Virginia
- The Day The Sun Stood Still
- Oh, Be Joyful!
- Frederick Douglass: The Destiny Of America
- Father How Long?
- Reprise: Brother, My Brother
- A Nurse's Diary
- I Never Knew His Name
- Still I Rise
- River Jordan
- Disk 2
- Lincoln: The Bottom Is Out Of The Tub
- How Many Devils?
- Old Gray Coat
- With These Hands
- The White House At Night
- A Candle In The Window
- Greenback
- Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
-
Someday Lyrics
-
Regimental Drummer Lyrics
- I'll Never Pass This Way Again
- Lincoln: Letter To Mrs. Bixby
-
Five Boys Lyrics
-
Judgment Day Lyrics
- Sarah
- The Honor Of Your Name
- Northbound Train
- Last Waltz For Dixie
- In Great Deeds
- For The Glory