New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-07
OLD WING TINES RECALLED.
THE CAMPAIGN SONGS OF 1910.
CLOG CABIN cHoRUsEs-THE GREAT RALLY AT
COLUMBUS, OHIO

"LOG CABIN" CHORUSES-THE GHEAL hALLA a.
COLUMBUS, OHIO
c-awfordsvtlle Ind Oct. 4 (SpeciaD.-History seems
10 keep repeating Itself and this Republican campaign
Of 1888 IS a remarkable proof of that fact IN us
likeness in many particulars to that of 1910. Then
the Whg candidate was also Harrison and the tariit
was also the ISSUE The campaign was an enthusiastic
one too women and little children taking great
interest in It. and assisting in many of the parades
Young girls now wear broad silk handkerchefs OIL stars
and stripes around their hats or peeping from tner
coat pockets Older women even show Harrison
buttons on their dresses. In the olden time the
- Buckeves was used in every imaginable form as a
party symbol In Centervie, Ohio, great deal
larger place then in comparison, than 1t Is now, the
men built log cabin and served cider out OF Buckeye
cups TO all the girls of their acquaintance who wore
the badge While the cabin was being raised they
sang song which alluded to every state IN
the Union (twenty-six its stanzas, promising their
cooperation in installing Old Tip In the White
House These the only lines can remember
Come all ye log-cabin boys. we're going to have
We've got Job on hand, and think it will be
We'll t't turn out and build Old TIP new cabin,
And finish IL OFF with chinkin' and dancln. j.. !.
IIurrah boys, hurrah there's no two ways 70 lt'
But what fun we'll have when Old TIP moves
For the hauling of the logs we'll call Pennsylvania.
The Conestoga teams can pull az well as any
And the Hooslers and the Buckeyes and the wolverine
They all know the right way to carry up the corners
Hnrrah boys hurrah there's no two ways to It,
But what fun Wen have when Old lip moves
in 1t.
On the occasion of the great whg rally at Columbus
Ohio Tom Corwin's little daughter. of five or six
years marched at the head OF twenty-five little girls
bearing silk banners with various notices on them.
such as Little girls can never vote, bur on their
banners proudly float the name Of Harrison cant
come IT, Matte meaning Mr. Van Buren, etc. After
IL v-r,b= Oh fha
Of He's Jolly Good Fellow" the following verses
Come list 10 me a minute.
4 song I'm going to sing II, =.
You'll find there's something In IL,
'Tis all about a paw.
Cho.-Pa-w, paw,
The largest ever you saw;
II you've any commiseration
For the uckeSs situation
or this bamboozled nation,
Hear the tale Of this huge paw.
The wheels were merrily spinning
The boys were money winning,
And everything was whizzing
As fast as It could claw.
Claw. claw.
Went each industrious paw,
And all as iOllifcation,
TIN maddening botheration
COMPOUNDED the circulation
OF the blood of this huge paw.
OF course this was enthusiastically welcomed
Another song sung to the air of The Troubadour'
Here is a part of 1t:
Gayly did Harrison
Come from his home,
While yet youth
Not twcnty-One.
He Joined our gallant ban0
Free from all fears,
Harrison HarrisOnl
Give him three cheers.
Van Buren, had beat Harrison I'm the previous election
and very much disguised Americans with the varieties
during his term in the White House such as
having gold plates and spoons, using imported silks,
etc. AT Columbus II raine1 furiously but the pro-
cessfon got there all the same" singing:
We've marched through the streets OF Columbus
nd
To show the sill-stOckinged spoilsmen
We fight for Tippecanoe
Another favorite
When this Old hat new
Van Buren, was Fed,
An enemy 10 every man
. Who earned his daily bread