[v1]
On the 21st of april 18 and 65
331 Left washington
For lincoln’s last train ride
Cannons boomed, the bonfires burned
The evergreens wore gray
331 In the morning sun, the hearse
That journey made

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See that train coming boys
Rolling down the main
Draped in black
She won’t be back it’s lincoln’s funeral train
With a portrait of the martyred man
Shot down by a traitor
Just toll the bell
And bid farewell to the great emancipator

[v2]
Crowds jammed the streets for a final look
At the great man who had stood
At the country’s helm
Through the bitter war
That seemed of little good
Felled by the bullet of john wilkes booth
As the battle died away
His guiding spirit to reconcile
By absence brought dismay

[chor]
See that train coming boys
Rolling down the main
Draped in black
She won’t be back it’s lincoln’s funeral train
With a portrait of the martyred man
Shot down by a traitor
Just toll the bell
And bid farewell to the great emancipator

[solo]

[chor]
See that train coming boys
Rolling down the main
Draped in black
She won’t be back it’s lincoln’s funeral train
With a portrait of the martyred man
Shot down by a traitor
Just toll the bell
And bid farewell to the great emancipator