Buddy Starcher - History Repeats Itself lyrics

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Glory, glory, hallelujah<br />

His truth is marching on<br />

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This is a strange but true story<br />

Which proves that history<br />

Does repeat itself<br />

And the events depicted here<br />

Happened just one hundred years apart<br />

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Both President Lincoln<br />

And President Kennedy<br />

Were concerned with<br />

The issue of civil rights<br />

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Lincoln was elected<br />

In eighteen hundred sixty<br />

Kennedy was elected<br />

In ninteen hundred sixty<br />

One hundred years apart<br />

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Both were shot from behind in the head<br />

Their successors both named Johnson<br />

Were Southern Democrats<br />

With seats in the Senate<br />

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Andrew Johnson was born<br />

In eighteen hundred and eight<br />

Lyndon Johnson was born<br />

In nineteen hundred and eight<br />

One hundred years apart<br />

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John Wilkes Booth<br />

The man that shot Lincoln<br />

Was born in 1839<br />

Lee Harvey Oswald<br />

The man that shot Kennedy<br />

Was born in 1939<br />

One hundred years apart<br />

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Booth and Oswald were Southerners<br />

Favoring unpopular ideas<br />

Booth and Oswald were both<br />

Assassinated before going to trial<br />

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Both presidents wives<br />

Lost children through death<br />

While in the White House<br />

Both presidents were killed on a Friday<br />

And in the presence of their wives<br />

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President Lincoln's secretary<br />

Whose name was Kennedy<br />

Advised him not to go to the theater<br />

President Kennedy's secretary<br />

Whose name was Lincoln<br />

Advised him not to go to Dallas<br />

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John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln<br />

In a theater and ran to a warehouse<br />

Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy<br />

From a warehouse and ran to a theater<br />

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The names Lincoln and Kennedy<br />

Each contain seven letters<br />

The names Andrew Johnson<br />

And Lyndon Johnson each<br />

Contain thirteen letters<br />

The names John Wilkes Booth<br />

And Lee Harvey Oswald<br />

Each contain fifteen letters<br />

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And friends, it is true<br />

History does repeat itself<br />

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His truth is marching on