WHITE HOUSE BLUES
4/4     Key of G                                                                         Ruby Rakes

 Verses:  
G                              G                              G                              G
Now look here, you rascal,                         see what     you         done
C                              C                               C                              G
You shot      my        husband,             now I         got    your       gun       I'm takin' you
G                             D                               G                               G
 back                                 to Wash-  ing-   ton

They sent for the doctor, he took up his rein, 
He said to his horse, you got to outrun this train
From Buffalo to Washington

Doctor come a-runnin', he took off his specs
Said, Mister McKinley, better cash in your checks
You're bound to die, you're bound to die

McKinley he hollered, McKinley he squalled
Doc said, McKinley, I can't find the ball
You're sure to die, you're bound to die

Now there ain't but the one thing that grieves my mind
That is to die and leave my poor wife behind
I'll be gone, a long old time

Yonder comes the train, she's comin' down the line
A-blowing every station - McKinley was a-dying
From Buffalo, to Washington

McKinley in the coffin, all trimmed up in lace
Take him back to baggage, boys, where I can't see his face
From Buffalo, to Washington

Now Roosevelt's in the White House, he's doin' his best
McKinley's in the graveyard   takin' his rest
He's gone      long gone

(YouTube video in key of G - old-timey version by Charlie Poole)

(YouTube video in key of G - fast bluegrass version by Flatt & Scruggs)