Ashokan Farewell

This song features a violin in lament,
accompanied by a reading of the letter
soldier Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife 
several days before he died:

"Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I have caused you. 
How thoughtless and foolish I have oftentimes been!...
But, O Sarah! if the dead can come back to this earth 
and flit unseen around those they loved, 
I shall always be with you, 
in the garish day and in the darkest night..."