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Index of Titles and First Lines: 1888 Harrison Song Book

“And when some jubilant son-of-a-gun Yelled, ‘What’s the matter with Harrison?’ A voice replied, far up the height, ‘He’s all right.’” Songs from The Harrison log cabin song book of 1840 : Revised for the campaign of 1888, with numerous new songs to patriotic airs, together with explanatory notes, links to music, amusing illustrations, &c.Continue reading “Index of Titles and First Lines: 1888 Harrison Song Book”

The Back Matter

OUR OWN PUBLICATIONS. Ohio, a Sketch of Industrial Progress, by Jno. T. Short, late Professor in the Ohio State University. Pamphlet, 56 pp. 25¢. A Short History of Ohio, by A. W. West and J. L. Hunt. Pamphlet 60 pp. 15¢. Ohio in 1788. A .description of the Soil, Productions, etc., of that portionContinue reading “The Back Matter”

Farewell to Ben and Grover

And here it is, the last entry in the 1888 Harrison Log Cabin Song Book: SET HIM THERE K-SOCK. And they’s still another idy ‘at I ort to here append, In a sort o’ nota beany, fer to taper off the end, In a manner more befittin’ to a subject jes’ in view,Continue reading “Farewell to Ben and Grover”

The Looming Spectre of Christmas Presents

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
That time of year is coming around again . . . the Northern Hemisphere Midwinter Holiday (exported to the Southern Hemisphere by transplanted Northern Hemisphereans), in which we celebrate, among numerous other things, the fact that the sun has come back for another year. I never fully appreciated…

Wave High the Red Bandanna

And so, my friend, we approach the end of The Harrison Log Cabin Song Book of 1840: Revised for the campaign of 1888, with numerous new songs to patriotic airs. CLEVELAND’S VICE. Air — “Meerschaum Pipe.” Oh, who is Grover Cleveland’s Vice, Cleveland’s Vice, Oh, who is Grover Cleveland’s Vice, Cleveland’s Vice, Oh, whoContinue reading “Wave High the Red Bandanna”