White House Blues

White House Blues Lyrics

Song White House Blues
Artist YoungStar
Album Anthology of American Folk Music
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[00:15.49] McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
[00:19.73] Doc said to McKinley, "I can't find that ball",
[00:25.75] From Buffalo to Washington
[00:28.54] Roosevelt in the White House, he's doing his best
[00:32.78] McKinley in the graveyard, he's taking his rest
[00:36.63] He's gone a long, long time
[00:41.28] Hush up, little children, now don't you fret
[00:45.27] You'll draw a pension at your papa's death
[00:48.94] From Buffalo to Washington
[00:53.59] Roosevelt in the White House drinking out of a silver cup
[00:57.60] McKinley in the graveyard, he'll never wake up
[01:01.34] He's gone a long, long time
[01:06.16] Ain't but one thing that grieves my mind
[01:09.66] That is to die and leave my poor wife behind
[01:13.46] I'm gone a long, long time
[01:17.99] Look here, little children, (don't) waste your breath
[01:21.82] You'll draw a pension at your papa's death
[01:25.41] From Buffalo to Washington
[01:41.92] Standing at the station just looking at the time
[01:45.75] See if I could run it by half past nine
[01:49.37] From Buffalo to Washington
[01:53.81] Came the train, she's just on time
[01:57.57] She run a thousand miles from eight o'clock 'till nine,
[02:01.10] From Buffalo to Washington
[02:05.61] Yonder comes the train, she's coming down the line
[02:09.42] Blowing in every station Mr. McKinley's a-dying
[02:13.16] It's hard times, hard times
[02:29.40] Look-it here you rascal, you see what you've done
[02:32.95] You've shot my husband with that Iver-Johnson gun
[02:36.62] Carry me back to Washington
[02:41.00] Doc's on the horse, he tore down his rein
[02:44.79] Said to that horse, "You've got to outrun this train"
[02:48.21] From Buffalo to Washington
[02:52.71] Doc come a-running, takes off his specs
[02:56.44] Said "Mr McKinley, better pass in your checks
[02:59.95] You're bound to die, bound to die"
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