Tag Archives: 1844

  THE CLAY SHIP Written for the National Clay Minstrel. BY B. LUTHER LELAND, Tune— “Soldier’s Dream,” Our song we had sung — for the feast was all o’er, And the curtains of night were drawn closely around, And we sought our repose like the soldiers of yore, With our guns at our sides onContinue reading “Single Issue Voting; or, When Will We Learn?”

THE WHIG CHIEF. TUNE.—Hail to the Chief. Shout for our Whig Chief, the bold Ashland Farmer From the East to the West pass his glorious name, No heart for his country beats truer or warmer, No mind glows more brightly with Liberty’s flame. He who in danger’s hour, With Demosthenian power, First roused our sonsContinue reading “A Lot of Singing About Nothing Much”

OLD TARIFF HARRY. Tune. — Good old days of Adam and Eve. Ye Whigs and ye Locos who little have to do now, Just listen to my song, you will find it true now, Our vice of a ruler has squeezed us into dizziness, All business is at a stand, and we all stand forContinue reading “The Tariff Wars”

THE FARMER OF KENTUCKY. Written for the Clay Minstrel. Tune — The Hunters of Kentucky. Ye honest Whigs and voters true, Who’d save your nation’s glory, Come listen and I’ll tell you who Can keep her name in story. ‘Tis freedom’s agriculturalist, Whose crops are always lucky. The last, the greatest, and the best, TheContinue reading “Clay’s Manure”

THE ORATOR’S COMING. TUNE. — The Campbells are coming. The orator’s coming, huzza, huzza! The orator’s coming, huzza, huzza! The orator’s coming, our nation to save, From the grasp of false Tyler, the despotic knave, The bold demagogues that would ruin our state, Must yield to our Solon, and Cicero great, He has long litContinue reading “Where are Your Orations Now?”