"Charles Guiteau" | |
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Song | |
Written | Unknown |
Songwriter(s) | Inez Ella Conner |
"Charles Guiteau" (LAWS E11) Roud 444 is a traditional song about the assassination of US President James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau. It is based on another old ballad, "James A. Rogers". [1] [2] The song is told from the point of view of the assassin himself. [3]
For a while, it was believed that Guiteau wrote the song himself, possibly because of the poem " I am Going to the Lordy", which Guiteau actually did write on the day of his execution. [4]
It is not to be confused with another ballad about the assassination, "Mr. Garfield," which was popularized by Johnny Cash. [3] Bascom Lamar Lunsford recorded both songs in 1949 for the Library of Congress. [3] There exists a handwritten document of a folk song "Charles Guiteau's Life" with Inez Conner listed as the author. The page has four stanzas, it is noted on the paper as a gift to "Mr. Charley Grant, Mt. Claire, Nuckolls county, Nebraska. August 2, 1890."
"Charles Guiteau" | |
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Song | |
Written | Unknown |
Songwriter(s) | Inez Ella Conner |
"Charles Guiteau" (LAWS E11) Roud 444 is a traditional song about the assassination of US President James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau. It is based on another old ballad, "James A. Rogers". [1] [2] The song is told from the point of view of the assassin himself. [3]
For a while, it was believed that Guiteau wrote the song himself, possibly because of the poem " I am Going to the Lordy", which Guiteau actually did write on the day of his execution. [4]
It is not to be confused with another ballad about the assassination, "Mr. Garfield," which was popularized by Johnny Cash. [3] Bascom Lamar Lunsford recorded both songs in 1949 for the Library of Congress. [3] There exists a handwritten document of a folk song "Charles Guiteau's Life" with Inez Conner listed as the author. The page has four stanzas, it is noted on the paper as a gift to "Mr. Charley Grant, Mt. Claire, Nuckolls county, Nebraska. August 2, 1890."