[00:19.34]Come all you tender Christians
[00:21.76]Wherever you may be
[00:24.11]And likewise pay attention
[00:26.41]To these few lines from me.
[00:28.88]I was down at the depot
[00:31.24]To make my getaway
[00:33.60]And Providence being against me,
[00:35.72]It proved to be too late.
[00:38.38]I tried to play off insane
[00:40.65]But found it would not do;
[00:43.05]The people all against me,
[00:45.32]It proved to make no show.
[00:47.73]Judge Cox he passed the sentence,
[00:50.04]The clerk he wrote it down,
[00:52.48]On the thirtieth day of June
[00:54.80]To die I was condemned.
[00:57.29]Chorus:
[00:57.51]My name is Charles Guiteau,
[00:59.52]My name I'll never deny,
[01:01.78]To leave my aged parents
[01:04.34]To sorrow and to die.
[01:06.51]But little did I think
[01:09.00]While in my youthful bloom
[01:11.28]I'd be carried to the scaffold
[01:13.68]To meet my fatal doom.
[01:16.09]My sister came in prison
[01:18.11]To bid her last farewell.
[01:20.64]She threw her arms around me;
[01:22.96]She wept most bitterly.
[01:25.28]She said, "My loving brother,
[01:27.66]Today you must die
[01:29.92]For the murder of James A. Garfield
[01:32.18]Upon the scaffold high."
[01:34.63]My name is Charles Guiteau,
[01:36.90]My name I'll never deny,
[01:39.17]To leave my aged parents
[01:41.59]To sorrow and to die.
[01:43.90]But little did I think
[01:46.23]While in my youthful bloom
[01:48.52]I'd be carried to the scaffold
[01:50.84]To meet my fatal doom.
[02:09.04]And now I mount the scaffold
[02:11.25]To bid you all adieu,
[02:13.46]The hangman now is waiting,
[02:15.62]It's a quarter after two.
[02:17.87]The black cap is o'er my face,
[02:20.01]No longer can I see,
[02:22.32]But when I'm dead and buried,
[02:24.32]Dear Lord, remember me.
[02:26.89]My name is Charles Guiteau,
[02:29.03]My name I'll never deny,
[02:31.23]To leave my aged parents
[02:33.56]To sorrow and to die.
[02:35.86]But little did I think
[02:38.11]While in my youthful bloom
[02:40.32]I'd be carried to the scaffold
[02:42.68]To meet my fatal doom.
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