Conspirator Christmas

[Gene C]

Since Rudolph seems to be a popular tune....

You know Surratt and Atzerodt, Paine and Arnold
O'Laughlin and Mudd, Spangler and Herold
But do you recall
The one who got away with it all

Booth didn't die at Garrett's
He escaped somehow
And if you listen closely
I'll tell you all about it now
All of the federal soldiers
Surrounded the barn that night
But Booth was never in there
Some one else was caught that night

Otto Eisenschiml got it right
So did Finis Bates
Ray Neff tried to tell us too
somehow Booth escaped

Some say he went to Texas
Others say to Mexico
Some say he went to India
I guess that we will never know

The story sells like hotcakes
It's really quite a mystery
The legend of Booth's escaping
Has become a cottage in-dus-try