The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27
They Are Ruth ssly Rejected
Like the Unsuccessful Can
didateS Themselves.
"Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too" and
"Clear the Track For Little
Mac" Still Survive.

iVA4S 1ksst A>oh
The campaign Song was the Invention
of the crank. Driven crazy by political
sentiment, he made up words and warbled
them To familiar tune. Others caught the
refrain and the song swelleti upon the air
and reached polilical ent husiasts. who voted
it great.
Every campaign there are 5000 CAM
paign songs written. None of these are
ever paid for. They are the inspiration
of not oEly the crank. but the profess
sional poet. The former writes because
he can't help it; the poet because he
loves TO hear his words sung by the pop
ular throat Both forswear greed. None
of the campaign songs live. and the day
after election they are as dead TO the
world as the unsuccessful candidate.
SONGS OF SILVER.
The only campaign song on record that
was paid for is the now historic 'Ameri-
can Marse illaise" For this song st.
John paid the poet. Lowell, something
like 500. There was a little misunder-
standing about the third verse, aud the
Marseill;lise, pretty as it is, was threat
ened with a sudden death. As there
have been 10000 copies of it struck of
for New York and twice that number for
Chicago, it is hoped that the song has u
future.
The Objectionable verse ran:
The cries of mothers rend the air.
Her children round her cling,
For lack OF work strong men grow weak,
No succor can they bring.
Though Lr.Ven 10 slavery, crime or ueath,
He proudly makes his choice,
And slays mis- children, VIE and self,
For the Gu heed not his voice.
Mr.. st. John wanted this verse inter
1olated:
From farm and shop free men arise.
AS did our SireS OF Old,
Ana raiy 10 ueIeDd our homes
From the cruel curse OF gold.
The waving wheat and growing corn
Shall then return for toni,
And honest mead to hearty Ineu
Who TIL our fertile soil.
Our owners of the shops and mills
With labor shall unite
In one glad glorious jubilee
In TRIUMPH OF the right
A popular silver song is entitled The
SoIIy Silver Dollar of the Dads" By ii
li,tia ,,ancry,.rinr il can be sung to the
Univ VI
Now tell me, ancient neiGhbor,
. While resting from your labor,
What money uau we have vixen We were
ladies, were ladies!
Well, If l can remember,
.r,.as ~ ~ ,,,,,,,r a., Inc daddies.
~ tho SaddiaS
In the next verse the poet recalls Christ
mas Day and the money i'll the little bank.
There is no money now for the kids, be-
c,use the mills are closed an English fad "
and Here's hopin' Wen start the mills
wide open Tor 'he Jolly SILVER uoiiS OIL our
dads.
Ben Tillman has respects paid TO him in
IN. following musical lay which has
sung To- Marching Through Georgia
D., r;p, ,n ,,o,r,sb;,,
his pitchrork
All about the cepters of iniauity and sin
~, score the greedy tuilI,nnaIre ana make
the hoygisn rich
For ont tn tarmer Hen Tillman
Refrain:
lpcome-taX duCkers
And all Treasury 6hckers
And bona bass knockers a re singing small
Shaking in their slippers
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