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 1860
Kennedy was elected in 1960
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
Who shot Lincoln was born in
Eighteen-hundred and thirty-nine

Lee Harvey Oswald, the man
Who shot Kennedy was born in
Nineteen-hundred and thirty-nine

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
Whrough 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