Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-09
WHAT MAKES THE NOISE.
Queer Songs of the Shouters for fractional
Fnvorites at Minneapolis.

Queer Songs of the Shouters for Factional
Fnvorites at Minneapolis.
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, June a-Every man
of the 1000 here is ready to sing at the drop
OF the hat. Look at a man iercely and he
begins to sing, or smile at him in q reassur-
Ing way and he opens his mouth and war
bles, and the worst of it all is a thousand
others stand ready to join him. They don't
care much for time and here and there they
sacrifice grammar to rhyme in what they
sing, as:
Then shall the country be content,
When to the White House Blaine has went.
Some of the songs turned out by the giee
CLUBS are so we'll done they rise above the
deafening noise of the corridor and force q
lew minutes silence and attention.
The Blaine Glee Club, of Cincinnati, with
its Is trained voices, has as great a roper
toire as Patti. One of the ca tchiest tunes of
the lot is that which sings the prosaic virtues
OF the most unromantic of things-tin.
Here's how the words 20:
Hurrah, hurrah. Republicans, Projections sure to
Sure to win.
Home markets for Americans. free sugar and our
And our tin.
Tin. Tin. Tin, Protection IS sure to win.
Free Trade is too thin to take the H Yankee ,ss in
Tn Tin. Projections sure to win.
Free Trade is too thin to take the Yankee in,
Too thia.
Hurrah. hurrah for victory. Mckinley is our man
He'll down Free Trade and Mugwumpery.
And rule the Free Trade clan.
Hurrah! hurrah Protection to the product Of our
soil,
Free Trade is . deception, the foe of honest toll.
For pure popularity and ability to shove
all other business aside for the moment, the
ever fresh "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay" leads.
There are half score of political rhymes set
to the air.
The old Moody and sankey melodies and
other hymn tunes have a representation
fuller even than the popular tunes o. the
That Is Fairer Than Day." or thinks he can,
which is much the same thing. So when a
voice, aided by muscular band, begins on
this sort of thing. all within block or two
are pretty sure to join in and help swell the
volume Of praise. The words of this Blaine
hymn run somewhat after this fashion:
There's name that is stronger than all,
And we're shouting 1t O'eT and O'er,
He Is the man of the people this fall
He'll be named on the Mississippi shore.
And his name Is Jim Blaine
II rings from the East to the West,
He's our Jim. we are for him
The strongest, the braveSt the best.
Missouri will spring into place.
Colorado will march by her side,
with New York in her grandeur and pride.
Then hurrah for our Knight Of the Plume.
Whose banner In triumph shall wave
And over "Calamity's" grave.
They have invented new shout for Har-
rison in opposition to the cry of Blaine.
Blaine. James G. Blaine" It Is kind Of
chant sung way..down in the boots OF every
one and then Is long drawn out like this,
separating the syllables of Harrison's name
so:
Har-ri-son. Indiana's son. Dandy son.
Then at the end of it usually comes kind
of doxology after the fashion Of these words:
Reciprocity. Protection. Soldiers Pensions and
New States. Silver melted into money, SO our
party legisates
Progress is our end and aim,
Forward shout In loud acclaim,
Upward to the heights OF fame,
Bear our country blessed name.