(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