The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-26

first states rights song made it's appear
ance, and another which gained great
popularity was entitled The Brooches of
Blue and was sung to the tune 'Bonnets
of Blue" The gist of the song is found
in these lines:
"Economy's good in its place
It's good to have Brooches of Blue
It's better TO patch up your old panta-
Than pay cut money for new"
But the songs in praise of "Old Hickory
were soon forgotten in the contest be-
tween The Loco Focos and the Wings,
and though the struggle was fierce be-
tween Van Buren, and MS opponents at the
head of whom was General Harrison OF
ONO, out one Wing song, and that written
TO the tune of the Star Spangled Ban
ner arose in the path of Van BurenS
triumph. Before the next election, how
ever, things had changed: There Was
Music IN the Air. and General Harrisons
nomination in 1910 was the signal for an
outbrrst of musical eloquence quite I'M
eXampled in preceding campaigns. a song
written by an old soldier who fought
under the general at Fort Megs and en-
titled old Fort MeSs, sung to a favorite
song of that time entitled "Oi Lonely in
the Forest Shade became a great favor
tie
The battle of Tippecanoe was eulogtzed
to the strains of the Star Spangled Ban
ner' and the heroic pride of the voters
stirred TO the highest pitch by a vivid
description of that great struggle with
the savage foe. Their home sentiment
also was appealed 10 most forcibly with
the Buckeye Cabin song, set TO the tune
OF The Highland Laddie," the chorus of
which ran as follows:
Twas built among the merry boys that
WELD the plough and spade.
Where the log cabin stands in the Bonnie
Buckeye shade"
Another most inspiring marching song
was entitled when This Old That Was
G
chained TO the stump, so to speak and
made 10 pour out the praises of The Sol
der of Tlppecanoe." TO Yankee Doodle"
the Harrison men set number of verses
with the closing line, Log Cabin and
Hard Cider to which they marched While
they sung. The writer became personally
acquainted with an old gentleman of mean
" eighty who remembered well the Log
Cabin and Hard Cider song, but more
especially diiated upon the power of the
song ''Tlppecanoe and Tyler Too, which
he said was the most popular of all the
y mig songs. 1t was sung TO the classical
strains OF The Little Pigs Tail and
as an Illustration of electioneering dog
geraF' one verse is here given:
What has caused this great commotion-
motion,
Our country through?
It IS the ball rolling on"
Chorus:
For Tippecanoe and Tyler too
For T:pDecanoe and Tyler too.
And with them wen beat little Van;
Van, Van Van is a used up man:
And with them We'll beat little Van.
Who after reading the foregoing will
NOS believe in the power of music? Ger
tainly the words possess no charm but
brag-but the swing of the tune carried
1t al over the country and millions of peo-
pie sang Tippecanoe and Tyler too" A
significant fact is noted. that of the ten
campaign songs of that election but one
was for the Democratic nominee; that
was entitled Bullet PROOF and was
sung to Aud Lang SyneH
Polk when Henry Clay opposed him, the
following songs were invoked in the in
teTest Of Clay and Frelinghuysen:
Clay and Frelinghuysen, The Locas
S.ashes,' old Hal O the West The
For Polk the following: The Hickories
and Down with Henry Clay 1.-the Nom
inee, Two Dollars a Day and Roast
Beef, Henry Clay, My Joe, Hail." this
latter sung to the tune of John Ander-
son. My joe
OF ali these the first only became well
known.
But in the campaign of As. when Cen
eral Taylor was elected, several songs
became very popular; among these were
Toe the Mark, tbs Taylor Cam sung
to the tune Of Dandy Jim of Caroline
"Old Jacks Coming and Rough and
Ready the latter set to Yankee Doc
die
These were devoted chiefly to recount
ing Taylors military achievements THE
Winfield Scott in his campaign opposing
Pierce had several good electioneerinE
songs: one set 10 the tune Scots wha
haze wi Wallace Bled:" but the Demo-
Gratis made the weikin ring with THE
Old Granite State" and won the race
easily.