Glory, glory, hallelujah
His truth is marching on


This is a strange but true story
Which proves that history
Does repeat itself

And the events depicted here
Happened just one hundred years apart


Both president lincoln
And president kennedy
Were concerned with

The issue of civil rights

Lincoln was elected

In eighteen hundred sixty
Kennedy was elected
In ninteen hundred sixty

One hundred years apart

Both were shot from behind in the head

Their successors both named johnson
Were southern democrats
With seats in the senate


Andrew johnson was born
In eighteen hundred and eight

Lyndon johnson was born
In nineteen hundred and eight
One hundred years apart


John wilkes booth
The man that shot lincoln

Was born in 1839
Lee harvey oswald
The man that shot kennedy

Was born in 1939
One hundred years apart


Booth and oswald were southerners
Favoring unpopular ideas
Booth and oswald were both

Assassinated before going to trial

Both presidents wives

Lost children through death
While in the white house
Both presidents were killed on a friday

And in the presence of their wives

President lincoln's secretary

Whose name was kennedy
Advised him not to go to the theater
President kennedy's secretary

Whose name was lincoln
Advised him not to go to dallas


John wilkes booth shot lincoln
In a theater and ran to a warehouse
Lee harvey oswald shot kennedy

From a warehouse and ran to a theater

The names lincoln and kennedy

Each contain seven letters
The names andrew johnson
And lyndon johnson each

Contain thirteen letters
The names john wilkes booth
And lee harvey oswald

Each contain fifteen letters

And friends, it is true

History does repeat itself

His truth is marching on