| I Am Going to the Lordy | |
|---|---|
| by Charles J. Guiteau | |
| Media type | Spoken/recited |
| Lines | Interminable (26 spoken before execution) |
| Full text | |
 I am going to the Lordy at Wikisource | |
"I Am Going to the Lordy", alternatively titled "Simplicity", is a poem written by Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of U.S. President James A. Garfield. He wrote it on June 30, 1882, the morning of his execution. He read it at the gallows.
"I Am Going to the Lordy" was used as a base for the song "The Ballad of Guiteau" in the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins, where Guiteau sings a version of the song while cakewalking up and down the scaffold.
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