Lincoln song updated
For quite some time now, my daughter Emma and I have been writing a song about Abraham Lincoln. Today after a long dry spell, we were able to add a verse. So here’s the current standing of the song. (And no, I can’t convey in words how the tune goes, but melodically it would remind one of a song by They Might Be Giants.)
Abraham Lincoln’s dead.
John Wilkes Booth shot him in the head —
That’s what the newspapers said.Created Thanksgiving
But didn’t go on living,
Won the Civil War
After year four,
Abraham Lincoln’s dead.
November 24th, 2006 at 8:59 pm
It was difficult to say,
Whether he enjoyed the play,
As when the show was through
Almost *everybody* knew
Abraham Lincoln’s dead.