HURRAH SONG. The locos say there is no tune, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! To sing to this New Jersey Coon, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! But we can tell them something better; We’ll have a rhyme for every letter! Hurrah, &c. Now, Whigs, three cheers for all the states, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! For we have got our candidates,Continue reading “Hurrah?”
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Altered States of the Union
Okay, guys, join the crowd funding project to bring about a more perfect anthology… Altered States of the Union. You know you want to. You know that Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen want to. You know that James K. Polk already has. So let’s get the ball rolling!
Let the Banner Fly!
COME FRIENDS, GATHER ‘ROUND. Tune—“Lucy Neal” Come, friends of Markle, gather round. And join us in our song, To rout the sly old “Lumbermen” It will not take us long. With Mississinewa, With Mississinewa, Protection for our artizans. And Mississinewa. We want no Parson at the helm, Nor Injins at the mast, But a cleverContinue reading “Let the Banner Fly!”
Brand New Song, Same Old Tune
A NEW SONG.TUNE— “Old Rosin the Bow“ The story we’ll tell you’s surprisin,’But then you will find it no joke;The Locos who wish’d to take poison,Have determined at last to take (poke) Polk,Have determined, &c. The most of them swallow’d Van Buren,But found him too little to choke —Large doses of Cass they did pourContinue reading “Brand New Song, Same Old Tune”
One of the Good Things About Teaching
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
— and about editing, for that matter — is the the opportunity to point with pride at a student’s (or client’s) success. On this occasion, I can bask in the reflected glow from Viable Paradise alumna Fran Wilde’s winning of the Andre Norton Award for YA science fiction…
JAMES D. MACDONALD 