THE FIGHTING CAPTAIN By F. B. Graham, Esq. TUNE — “It will never do to give it up so.” When Markle marched to the frontier, He knew not what it was to fear, The Tory force the British sent, But this was e’er his sentiment, It will never do to give it up so, ItContinue reading “Off on the Frontier”
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Hurrah?
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?”
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”
When Elections Were Genteel
AWAY WITH TRAITOR TYLER. Written for the Choir of the National Clay Club. Air — “Away with Melancholy,” Away with Traitor Tyler ; Down with the Veto King: Our party’s base reviler ; Whilst the people cheerily sing— Hurrah! Though for years of gloomy sorrow, We’ve cursed that traitor’s crime; Yet we wait a gloriousContinue reading “When Elections Were Genteel”
Whig Thunder
Air — What has caused this agitation. Oh what has caused all this Whig thunder, thunder, thunder,That now is risin’?The nomination by the WhigsOf Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen,Of Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen,For with them we can beat any man, man, man,Of the Polk and Dallas clan,For with them we can beat any man. The LocosContinue reading “Whig Thunder”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 