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”
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Vote for Clay; Meet Girls!
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!”
Measure Him for his Pedestal
OH, HENRY CLAY WILL BE THE MAN. Tune. — Nancy Dawson. Said Tyler John, the other day, How many are Clay men I pray? Why Johnny, dear, we’re made of Clay, And so we all are Clay men. Oh, Henry Clay will be the man, And turn and twist it as you can, He’ll gainContinue reading “Measure Him for his Pedestal”
Prepare to Live with Disappointment
LEAVE VAIN REGRETS. Tune. — Auld Lang Syne. Leave vain regrets for errors past., Nor cast that ship away — But nail your colours to the mast, And strike for Harry Clay, And strike for Harry Clay, my boys , And strike for Harry Clay, And nail your colours to the mast, And strike forContinue reading “Prepare to Live with Disappointment”
It’s All the Newspapers’ Fault
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHIG AND LOCO FOCO. Loco. I am opposed to the British tariff. Whig. So am I, for it taxes our wheat, flour, beef, pork and every thing else that we attempt to sell in England. Loco. How is that? My paper tells me that it is the Whigs that go inContinue reading “It’s All the Newspapers’ Fault”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 