HARRY OF KENTUCKY, HO! IEROE! Tune — Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances. Welcome the strain that around us is pealing, Fraught with a music to Freemen so dear, Who but will join it, the glad truth revealing, That our victory’s sure, our triumph is near! Back to his element, Madly impenitent, ProclaimContinue reading “Clay the Hero”
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To Keep the Ball A Rollin’ On!
CLEAR THE WAY FOR HARRY CLAY. Tune. — What has caused this great commotion? What has caused this agitation, ‘tation, ‘tation, Our foes betray? It is the ball a rolling on, To clear the way for Henry Clay; To clear the way for Henry Clay. For with him we can beat any man, man, man,Continue reading “To Keep the Ball A Rollin’ On!”
Hunters of Kentucky
THE RUBBER; OR MAT’S THIRD AND LAST GAME. Tune— “Miss Bailey“ Our little Mat, from Kinderhook, no friend to country quarters,Resolved to rule a second time, or dangle in his garters;Though Lindenwold grew cabbages, he got but little off it;‘Twixt Public crib and private crib, there’s a difference in the profit!Great difference in theContinue reading “Hunters of Kentucky”
Whigs in Blackface
A SITTIN’ ON A TREE BY THE REV. W. BROWNLOW. Tune — “Sittin on a rail” As I walked out dis arternoon, To get a drink by de light ob de moon, Dar I see dat “same Old Coon,” A sittin’ on a tree, A sittin’ on a tree, A sittin’ on a tree, AContinue reading “Whigs in Blackface”
John C. Calhoun On A Velocipede!
More filler from the Whig songbook: What would be thought of the morality of the Democratic party if it should take this odious, this detestable administration by the hand, or admit it into its council? — Washington Globe. Why, under such circumstances, we would think of the “morality” of the party pretty much as weContinue reading “John C. Calhoun On A Velocipede!”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 