(Sleepy John Estes)



Late one Friday evening everybody was sad

We lost the best president we ever had

But he's gone home, gone back home

He's staying away too long



Rode from town to town holdin' up for our rights

Some low down rascal took the President's life

But he's gone home, gone back home

He's staying away too long



Mrs. Kennedy got a mansion on the Island, stayed 9 months, all she'd be

She have another mansion, soon as she reach Washington, D.C.

But he's gone home, gone back home

He's staying away too long



Everybody votes, they don't know what's goin' on

If Goldwater get it, we won't have no home

But he's gone home, gone back home

He's staying away too long



While horses and cars all in a row

I think Mr. Kennedy have a right to this long white robe

But he's gone home, gone back home

He's staying away too long