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HARRY OF THE WEST Tune — “The Star Spangled Banner,” Lo! the chieftain is gone from the scene of his fame, But the halo of ages shall gather around it, For his sword waved in Justice and Liberty’s name And Liberty’s hand with her myrtle has crown’d it; He has mounted on high to theContinue reading “Classical Allusions, Yours for a Penny”

  THE STAR OF ASHLAND. The gallant whigs have drawn the sword, And thrown the idle sheath away; And onward is the battle word, For home protection and for Clay. We now have set the ball in motion, That like the sun rolls night and day; While from the prairie to the ocean, Awakes theContinue reading “Calhoun in a Dress”

  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”