John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth was a southern man
Born of an actor in Maryland
Bound for fortune on a gas-lit stage
Bound to die at a tender age
Washington to Baltimore
He played the bills and he slept with whores
And he burned inside with a hatred deep
For the man who caused the south to weep
Young Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more
Tired old man when he won the war
And he dreamed at night of his death by the hands
Of the bitter world and a faceless man
And he saw his body in a ghastly dream
Draped in black while his widow screamed
Two silver dollars on his eyelids lay
Abraham Lincoln has died today
And they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some say there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
John Wilkes Booth and his band of men
They'd failed before but would try again
When Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun
Then Booth declared the day had come
And the word was passed and the guns were brought
Down to Mary Sarrat's boarding house
Sealed in a note, Booth named just four
But the gallows would sway with many more
And they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some say there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
John Wilkes Booth went to his grave
With a bullet in his neck and a broken leg
A patriot and his fantasy
Of redemption, grace and bravery
And those who were hanged and those who spent
Their lives behind a jailer's fence
Only Booth could have proved them free
Of the taint of the conspiracy
For they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some said there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
Born of an actor in Maryland
Bound for fortune on a gas-lit stage
Bound to die at a tender age
Washington to Baltimore
He played the bills and he slept with whores
And he burned inside with a hatred deep
For the man who caused the south to weep
Young Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more
Tired old man when he won the war
And he dreamed at night of his death by the hands
Of the bitter world and a faceless man
And he saw his body in a ghastly dream
Draped in black while his widow screamed
Two silver dollars on his eyelids lay
Abraham Lincoln has died today
And they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some say there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
John Wilkes Booth and his band of men
They'd failed before but would try again
When Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun
Then Booth declared the day had come
And the word was passed and the guns were brought
Down to Mary Sarrat's boarding house
Sealed in a note, Booth named just four
But the gallows would sway with many more
And they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some say there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
John Wilkes Booth went to his grave
With a bullet in his neck and a broken leg
A patriot and his fantasy
Of redemption, grace and bravery
And those who were hanged and those who spent
Their lives behind a jailer's fence
Only Booth could have proved them free
Of the taint of the conspiracy
For they said there were five and they said there were ten
Some said there was never more than just one man
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:09.02] John Wilkes Booth was a southern man
[00:12.64] Born of an actor in Maryland
[00:15.38] Bound for fortune on a gas-lit stage
[00:18.90] Bound to die at a tender age
[00:25.28] Washington to Baltimore
[00:28.98] He played the bills and he slept with whores
[00:32.55] And he burned inside with a hatred deep
[00:35.24] For the man who caused the south to weep
[00:39.79] Young Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more
[00:43.34] Tired old man when he won the war
[00:46.01] And he dreamed at night of his death by the hands
[00:49.69] Of the bitter world and a faceless man
[00:52.45] And he saw his body in a ghastly dream
[00:55.12] Draped in black while his widow screamed
[00:58.72] Two silver dollars on his eyelids lay
[01:03.24] Abraham Lincoln has died today
[01:06.88] And they said there were five and they said there were ten
[01:11.44] Some say there was never more than just one man
[01:15.08] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[01:18.64] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[01:41.24] John Wilkes Booth and his band of men
[01:45.79] They'd failed before but would try again
[01:49.39] When Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun
[01:52.95] Then Booth declared the day had come
[01:57.44] And the word was passed and the guns were brought
[02:02.91] Down to Mary Sarrat's boarding house
[02:05.63] Sealed in a note, Booth named just four
[02:09.26] But the gallows would sway with many more
[02:11.95] And they said there were five and they said there were ten
[02:15.55] Some say there was never more than just one man
[02:18.20] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[02:22.86] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[02:27.30] John Wilkes Booth went to his grave
[02:50.89] With a bullet in his neck and a broken leg
[02:53.56] A patriot and his fantasy
[02:57.18] Of redemption, grace and bravery
[03:00.77] And those who were hanged and those who spent
[03:04.32] Their lives behind a jailer's fence
[03:07.92] Only Booth could have proved them free
[03:11.57] Of the taint of the conspiracy
[03:13.36] For they said there were five and they said there were ten
[03:17.04] Some said there was never more than just one man
[03:20.66] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[03:24.21] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[03:32.36] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[03:43.18]
[00:12.64] Born of an actor in Maryland
[00:15.38] Bound for fortune on a gas-lit stage
[00:18.90] Bound to die at a tender age
[00:25.28] Washington to Baltimore
[00:28.98] He played the bills and he slept with whores
[00:32.55] And he burned inside with a hatred deep
[00:35.24] For the man who caused the south to weep
[00:39.79] Young Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more
[00:43.34] Tired old man when he won the war
[00:46.01] And he dreamed at night of his death by the hands
[00:49.69] Of the bitter world and a faceless man
[00:52.45] And he saw his body in a ghastly dream
[00:55.12] Draped in black while his widow screamed
[00:58.72] Two silver dollars on his eyelids lay
[01:03.24] Abraham Lincoln has died today
[01:06.88] And they said there were five and they said there were ten
[01:11.44] Some say there was never more than just one man
[01:15.08] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[01:18.64] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[01:41.24] John Wilkes Booth and his band of men
[01:45.79] They'd failed before but would try again
[01:49.39] When Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun
[01:52.95] Then Booth declared the day had come
[01:57.44] And the word was passed and the guns were brought
[02:02.91] Down to Mary Sarrat's boarding house
[02:05.63] Sealed in a note, Booth named just four
[02:09.26] But the gallows would sway with many more
[02:11.95] And they said there were five and they said there were ten
[02:15.55] Some say there was never more than just one man
[02:18.20] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[02:22.86] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[02:27.30] John Wilkes Booth went to his grave
[02:50.89] With a bullet in his neck and a broken leg
[02:53.56] A patriot and his fantasy
[02:57.18] Of redemption, grace and bravery
[03:00.77] And those who were hanged and those who spent
[03:04.32] Their lives behind a jailer's fence
[03:07.92] Only Booth could have proved them free
[03:11.57] Of the taint of the conspiracy
[03:13.36] For they said there were five and they said there were ten
[03:17.04] Some said there was never more than just one man
[03:20.66] Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
[03:24.21] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[03:32.36] In the name of God and Dixie, in the name of God and Dixie Land
[03:43.18]