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History Repeats Itself Lyrics By Buddy Starcher

    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 89
    lee harvey oswald
    the man that shot kennedy
    was born in 99
    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
    log on to kill this message
    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

    Artist: Buddy Starcher

    Year: 1966

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 176