HARRY OF KENTUCKY. Tune. — ‘Tis my delight of a shiny night Once more our glorious banner out,Upon the breeze we throw —Beneath its folds with song and shout,Let’s charge upon the foe!Our chosen chief, alas!— no moreShall place his lance in rest.But well we know the love he bareOur Harry of the West,Our HarryContinue reading “Harry of the West”
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Roll Over, Beethoven
THE DEEDS OF CLAY, Tune. — The Bonny Boat. When in the south dread civil war Rose like a storm of night. And nullifiers near and far, Braced for the field of fight; Then sons of those illustrious sires. Who bled at Bunker Hill, Rushed madly forth to light their fires, Their brother’s blood toContinue reading “Roll Over, Beethoven”
President Tyler’s Nose
Apparently Mr. Hood of Philadelphia needed five lines after the last song and before beginning the next, to fill the page. So he printed this bit: The Madisonian says that the “Tyler men are willing to count noses with the Van Buren men any day.” The Tylerites do not number very many noses, but thenContinue reading “President Tyler’s Nose”
A Folk Song? No, A Polk Song!
THE FIRST POLK SONG. Tune— “Old Dan Tucker“ Ah, Matty Van’s a used up man,And Lewis Cass he cannot pass,And as for our old friend Tecumseh,He’s lost amidst the “Rumsey Dumsey.”Hurrah, hurrah, the Nation’s risin’For Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen. There’s Stewart he can’t run at all,And Buck’ kept quiet in his stall,The Loco’s are uncertainContinue reading “A Folk Song? No, A Polk Song!”
Harry of the West
A CATCH. Air — Here’s a health to all good lasses. Here’s success to old Kentucky, Ever true and ever lucky; Still his grateful country’s stay! Freemen ’round your patriot rally! Raise the cry from hill and valley! “Gratitude to Henry Clay!” A “Catch” is what we’d call a “round” these days; part singing. LikeContinue reading “Harry of the West”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 