Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian (VIDEO) University of Cincinnati This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Of all the music studied to date, UC's Tom Kernan said the composition that best encapsulates the enduring Lincoln legacy is a funeral poem set to music right after Lincoln’s 1865 assassination. It’s titled "Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian." Credit Civil War cover sheet image for "Farewell, Father, Friend and Guardian" courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Recording by Anne and Ridley Enslow from "Music for Abraham Lincoln: Campaign Songs, Civil War Tunes, and Laments" (Enslow Publishers). Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.