Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-05-30
THE WORKING-MEN'S SOM.


THE WORKING-MEN'S SONG.
Am" Washing Dag"
Times won't be right lis plain to see,
Till Tyler runs his race;
But then well have a better man
To put into has place:
For nov we'll rouse with might and main,
And work. and work away;
Well work, and work, and work, and work,
And put in HEsRr CLAY.
Chorus
For now we'll rouse with night and main,
And work, and work away;
Well work, and work. and work, and work
And put 10 HEsRY CLAY.
The Farmers want good times again
To sell their wheat and pork,
And so TO put in HESRy CLAY,
They're going right to work:
They'll plough, and SOW and reap, and NOV.
And thresh, and thresh away;
They thresh, and thresh, and thresh, sadthresh
And vote for HESRy CLAv.
They'll plough, and sow, &c.
The Ls5oring Men they want more work,
And higher wages tor,
And th.y'k go for HENRY CLAY,
With better tisaes in view:
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And Shovel and shovel away;
And shovel, and shovel, and shovel, and shovel
And vote for HksRY CLAx.
They saw, and chop, &c.
The Weavers too will 60 TO work,
For a TARIFF and HEsRY CLAY,
They'll make us all the cloth we want,
If they can have fair play
They'll reel, and spool and warp, and wind,
Al al
They weave, and weave, and weave, and weave,
And vote FOR HENRY CLAY.
They II reel. aud spool, &c.
We want no Clothing ready made,
From England or from France;
We've Taors here who know their trade
They ought to have chance:
They n out, and baste and hem, and press,
And stitch. and stitch away;
THEY'LL stitch, and stitch, and stitch, and Glitch
And vote for HESRx CLAY.
They'll cut, and haste, &c.
The Coopers know when Farmers thrive
Their trade is always best,
And so they'll go with secsrd
For Harry 81 the West:
They'll dress, and raise, and truss, aud hoop
And hoop, and hoop away;
They'll hoop, and hoop, and hoop, and hoop.
ANA Note IltNk1 SIafs
They'll dress, aud raise, &c.
The Hattcrs do not want TO see
Their kettles standing dry,
And so they'll go for HEsRY CLAY,
And then the Fur will ay:
Tho, n knar, and block. and color and bind,
And finish, and finish away;
THEY'LL finish, and finish. and finish, and finish,
And vote for HENRY CLA7.
Tb.ytu na., a,d blasL
Shoemakers too, with right good will
win join the working throng,
And what they DO for fIENRy Clay.
They'll do both neat and strong;
They'll cut, and crimp, and last, and stitch,
And peg, and ball away;
THEY'LL ball, and ball, and ball, and ball,
And vote for HEsRr CLAY.
They'll cut. and crimP, &c,
The Blacksmiths tool roll up their sleeves,
Their sledges they will swing,
Aud at the name of HENRY CLAY,
They'll make their anviIs ring:
They blow, and strike, and forge, and weld,
And hammer, and hammer away;
They'll hammer, aud hammer, and hammer. and
hammer,
And vote for HENRY CLAY.
They'll blow, and strike, &c.
The TANNERS win lend a hand.
When SHINING time begins;
They are a hardy, noble band,
And live by tanning skins:
THEY'LL bait the Softs and break the Hards,
And flesh and curry awsyi
They'll curry, and curry, and curry. and curry,
Aud vote for HENRr CLAY.
They'll bal, the Soits, &c
The potters they aie all for CLAY,
For It's CLAY they work;
And all they want is ready pay,
To buy their bread and pork
They'll glaze their pots, and Gre their kilns,
And burn, and burn away;
The u burn, aud burn, and burn, and burn,
To vote for HeSRY CLAr.
They'll glaze their pots, Sc.
The Carpenters, a noble band,
Will then have work to do;
New Barns and Houses throughout the land,
They'll raise both strong and new:
They'll line, and score, and scribe, and bore,
And brace, aud build away
Aud build, and build, and build, and build,
And vote for Henry CLAY.
They'll line, and score, &c
And thus wen work, and thus wen sing
Till Tyler's race is runi
And then we'll4oye to fill his place,
Ken,uckys favorite sons
For now we'll rouse with might aud main,
And work, and work away;
Wall work and work, and work, and work.
And put in HENRY CLAY.
For now we'll rouse, &c.