Index of First Lines
- A barber in Lexington having some ill feeling toward Mr. Clay
- A Chief’s in the gallant West,
- A few short weeks ago,
- Ah, Matty Van’s a used up man
- All country voters gather round, while your hearts I warm, sar,
- A race, a race! And who will win?
- Arouse, arouse from hill and valley
- As I walked out dis arternoon,
- At the glorious close of the struggle which placed “the good President” in power,
- Away to the battle, our foemen are near,
- Away with Traitor Tyler ;
- Brave Markle is the soldier’s pride,
- Calhoun, Buchanan, Johnson, Cass,
- Come, freemen, ere our land’s undone,
- Come, friends of Markle, gather round.
- Come, true gallant Whigs of the Union—
- Come all ye bold lads of old ’40,
- Come all ye log cabin boys, we’ll have another raising,
- Come Whigs prepare to enter the chase,
- Far from the west see the statesman advancing,
- For Henry Clay, our candidate.
- Freemen, whom your states adore,
- From “Yankee Land” — at dawn of day —
- Gallant young Whigs, awake! awake!
- Hark! from the broad and noble West —
- Harry Clay of old Kentucky,
- Henry Clay is a native of Hanover county, Va.
- Here’s a health to the workingman’s friend.
- Here’s success to old Kentucky,
- If e’er I should wish to get married,
- In Andrew Jackson’s reign,
- In the days when we went canvassing
- In the Senate of the United States on the 31st of March, 1842,
- It has been known that here of late,
- Johnny Tyler in good time will know.
- Leave vain regrets for errors past.,
- List, list to the People’s cry,
- Lo! the chieftain is gone from the scene of his fame,
- Loco. I am opposed to the British tariff.
- Mr. Clay.
- Mr. Madison’s estimate of Mr. Clay.
- Now Matty, on the shelf you’re laid,
- O, every day brings something new,
- Oh Polk! Oh Polk!
- Oh what has caused all this Whig thunder, thunder, thunder,
- Once more our glorious banner out,
- Onward! — speed onward! and spread to the gale,
- Our little Mat, from Kinderhook, no friend to country quarters,
- Our liveliest pledge
- Our song we had sung — for the feast was all o’er,
- Out, out, Whigs and true democrats,
- Robert Tyler addressed a crowd of persons
- Said Tyler John, the other day,
- Shout for our Whig Chief, the bold Ashland Farmer
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
- The Calhoun and Van Buren factions of the Democratic party
- The Charge of Bargain and Sale,
- The Chief of the West is coming, coming,
- The following anecdote of Mr. Clay, at Ghent, is worth repeating.
- The following toast by the Hon. John P. Kennedy,
- The following worthy tribute from an opponent is from the Democratic Review:
- The gallant whigs have drawn the sword,
- The land-shout rings loud for our bold hero, Clay,
- The locos say there is no tune,
- The Madisonian says that the Tyler men are willing to count noses
- The moon was shining silver bright.
- The orator’s coming, huzza, huzza!
- The self-made man,
- The skies are bright, our hearts are light,
- The story we’ll tell you’s surprisin,’
- The Tariff question is now a settled question
- The Tars will man their gallant ships,
- The truth! it is mighty! and truth will prevail,
- Tis fair to see yon banner bright
- Welcome the strain that around us is pealing,
- What has caused this agitation, ‘tation, ‘tation,
- What has caused this agitation, ‘tation, ‘tation,
- What would be thought of the morality of the Democratic party
- When Harrison, the good and brave,
- When in the south dread civil war
- When Markle marched to the frontier,
- When sly Van left the chair of state,
- Whig Thunder
- While Colonel Johnson was on a visit to Pennsylvania,
- Ye gallant true Whigs of the army
- Ye honest Whigs and voters true,
- Ye voters all throughout the land,
- Ye Whigs and ye Locos who little have to do now,
Index of Titles
- A CATCH.
- ADVANCE WHIGS.
- ALL COME ALONG FOR HARRY CLAY.
- A NEW SONG.
- A POLITICAL CATCH.
- APPEAL TO FREEMEN.
- A SETTIN’ IN THE CHAIR.
- A SITTIN’ ON A TREE
- AWAY WITH TRAITOR TYLER.
- CLAY, OUR NATION’S GLORY.
- CLAY AND FRELINGHUYSEN
- CLEAR THE WAY FOR HARRY CLAY.
- COME FRIENDS, GATHER ‘ROUND.
- CONVENTION SONG,
- DELAWARE.
- DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHIG AND LOCO FOCO.
- FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
- FAREWELL SPEECH OF HENRY CLAY, TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
- GALLANT YOUNG WHIGS.
- HARK! FROM THE BROAD AND NOBLE WEST.
- HARRY, THE HONEST AND TRUE.
- HARRY CLAY’S RAISIN’
- HARRY OF KENTUCKY, HO! IEROE!
- HARRY OF KENTUCKY.
- HARRY OF THE WEST
- HARRY OF THE WEST.
- HARRY THE TRUE, AND THE JERSEY BLUE.
- HENRY CLAY
- HENRY CLAY’S BIRTH AND BOYHOOD.
- HERE’S A HEALTH TO OUR OWN HARRY CLAY.
- HONEST FARMER HARRY.
- HOW MANY CLAY MEN ARE THERE?
- HURRAH SONG.
- JIMMY POLK OF TENNESSEE
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND HENRY CLAY.
- JOHN TYLER’S SONG.
- KILKENNY CATS.
- LEAVE VAIN REGRETS.
- OH, HENRY CLAY WILL BE THE MAN.
- OLD TARIFF HARRY.
- ONWARD!
- OUR CANDIDATE.
- PREFACE.
- REPARTEE.
- SAINT LOUIS CLAY CLUB SONG.
- SALT RIVER.
- THE BLUE HEN’S CHICKENS.
- THE BOLD KENTUCKY BOY.
- THE CHIEF OF THE WEST.
- THE CLAY FLAG.
- THE CLAY GATHERING.
- THE CLAY RALLY CRY.
- THE CLAY SHIP
- THE DAYS WHEN WE WENT CANVASSING.
- THE DEEDS OF CLAY,
- THE FARMER OF KENTUCKY.
- THE FIGHTING CAPTAIN
- THE FIRST POLK SONG.
- THE LADIES’ WHIG SONG.
- THE MISSISSINEWA WAR SONG
- THE MOON WAS SHINING SILVER BRIGHT.
- THE ORATOR’S COMING.
- THE RUBBER; OR MAT’S THIRD AND LAST GAME.
- THE SECOND POLK SONG.
- THE SHIP COLUMBIA.
- THE STAR OF ASHLAND.
- THE TARS WILL MAN THEIR GALLANT SHIP.
- THE VERMONTER’S SONG AT BALTIMORE.
- THE WHIG CHIEF.
- THE WHIG RIFLE.
- THE ‘COON SONG.
- TIT FOR TAT.
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
- WAKE UP WHIGS,
- WHIG BATTLE CRY.
- WHIG QUODLIBET
- WHIG SONG.
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