Charles Guiteau

(D) Come all you Christian people
wherever you may (A7) be
And likewise pay attention
to these few lines from (D) me
On the thirteenth day of June
I am condemned to (A7) die
For the murder of James A. Garfield
upon the scaffold (D) high

My name is Charles Guiteau
my name I'll never de (A7) ny
To leave my aged parents
in sorrow for to (D) die
But little did I think
while in my youthful (A7) bloom
I'd be carried to the scaffold
to meet my fatal (D) doom

I tried to play off insane
but found it would not (A7) do
The people all against me
it proved to make no (D) show
Judge Cox passed the sentence
the clerk he wrote it (A7) down
On the thirteenth day of June to die
I was con (D) demmned

My name is Charles Guiteau
my name I'll never de (A7) ny
To leave my aged parents
in sorrow for to (D) die
But little did I think
while in my youthful (A7) bloom
I'd be carried to the scaffold
to meet my fatal (D) doom

Now I'm at the scaffold
to bid you all a (A7) dieu
The hangman now is waiting
it's quarter after (D) two
The black cap is all on my face
no longer can I (A7) see
But when I'm dead and buried
dear Lord, remember (D) me

My name is Charles Guiteau
my name I'll never de (A7) ny
To leave my aged parents
in sorrow for to (D) die
But little did I think
while in my youthful (A7) bloom
I'd be carried to the scaffold
to meet my fatal (D) doom

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[raymondcrooke]

The anthology is a great place to start - as is Lew's channel of course!

[TenaciousFlea]

hi lew! great stuff. thanks for turning me on to all of this. i just picked up the anthology of american folk music. i'm going to work on posting drunkard's special (seven drunken nights, etc.).

[stewballmax3]

Hello

Lew...

Thank you for yet another exemplary installment in your much-loved and much-appreciated sing and play along series.

Pax,

Max