Charles Guiteau (song)
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charles-guiteau-song-177-11796574
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Charles Guiteau (song)
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"Charles Guiteau" is a traditional folk song about the assassination of US President James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau. It is based on another old ballad, "James A. Rogers". The song is told from the point of view of the assassin himself. 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. It is not to be confused with another ballad about the assassination, "
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Folk song about assassination of Garfield
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Guiteau_(song)
date created:
2008-03-08T13:23:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T16:02:41Z
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