tyler – JAMES D. MACDONALD

The Traitor Tyler, Again

JOHN TYLER’S SONG. Tune.— A wet sheet and a flowing sea. When Harrison, the good and brave, Was laid upon his bier, The Whigs then look’d on me to save The cause they held most dear; The hero could not die without A parting word for me: He bade me truly carry out The systemContinue reading “The Traitor Tyler, Again”

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”