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ONWARD! Tune.— Rory O’More. Onward! — speed onward! and spread to the gale, The time-honour’d banner our fathers once bore, And fast to the mast-top the star spangles nail, ‘Till our country’s great conflict is gloriously o’er! They fought for that freedom, so long our proud boast — They perill’d their fortune, their honour, theirContinue reading “Patriots for Clay”

Written for the National Clay Minstrel. WAKE UP WHIGS, ALL COME ALONG FOR HARRY CLAY. Tune. — The Cracovienne. Ye voters all throughout the land, For Clay and Freedom nobly stand, In the brick-bat Tyler’s place, Clay must rub out our land’s disgrace. Wake up Whigs, all come along, (Repeat) For Harry Clay we’ll goContinue reading “Alas, the Alarm Clock Had Yet to be Invented”

  SAINT LOUIS CLAY CLUB SONG. Respectfully dedicated to the Clay Club of St- Louis. Tune — “Rosin the Beau.” Come all ye bold lads of old ’40, Who rallied ’round Tippecanoe, And give us your hearts and your voices, For Harry the noble and true. Come show the whole world that our spirit IsContinue reading “Our Country’s Hope”

A SETTIN’ IN THE CHAIR. Tune — Sittin’ on a Rail. When sly Van left the chair of state, And Tyler he slipped in by fate, He swore he’d make us rich and great, By settin’ in the chair, By settin’ in the chair, By settin’ in the chair, And presiding o’er the land. ButContinue reading “Clear the Kitchen”

THE LADIES’ WHIG SONG. Tune — Rosin the Beau, If e’er I should wish to get married, And indeed I don’t know but I may, The man that I give up my hand to Must be the firm friend of Old Clay. Must be, &c. For I am sure I could ne’er love a loco,Continue reading “Vote for Clay; Meet Girls!”