rose royce sang the song i'm going down.
rose royce sang the song i'm going down.
who sings the song i'm going down?
rose royce
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"i am going to the lordy" is a featured part of the stephen sondheim musical "assassins". in the song "the ballad of guiteau", guiteau sings an exaggerated version of the poem more and more fervently while the balladeer sings about guiteau's life, trial, and execution. sondheim has said that the use of the poem in the song was one of two times he had ever borrowed from another writer in his work, the other being the time he used lines from william shakespeare in the song "fear no more" from "the frogs". sondheim first learned of the poem from the short story by charles gilbert on which "assassins" is based. he was going to include pieces of letters and diaries written by guiteau as well, but felt that those would "weigh the piece down." the contrast of the "fervent yet hymn-like poem" and the styles of music in the song continue to suggest the insanity of guiteau, a trait exemplified frequently in the musical. after guiteau sings his poem unaccompanied and quietly, the balladeer sings a verse, which is followed by guiteau cakewalking up and down the scaffold and singing about looking on the bright side. he stops a step or two higher and begins singing the hymn again. after the third verse, guiteau begins cakewalking when he reaches the noose and stops suddenly. he then begins singing his poem again, although this time much more forcefully and resolutely before the balladeer interrupts and leads guiteau to his death. jim lovensheimer implies that the use of the cakewalk interjected in the ballad show guiteau looking for a prize, as the best cakewalker on a plantation would be awarded a prize. the lyrics of "the ballad of guiteau", including the parts taken from "i am going to the lordy", help to show guiteau as a devoted but misguided christian who "lost a grip on reality." howard kissel said that "the ballad of guiteau" was one of the oddest songs of "assassins" due to the use of the poem.
i am going to the lordy