The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
CAMPAIGN POETS PIPE Up.
Bursts OF Song Come From the Ninth and
Still.vcNed Brooklyn.

by the yard. Up in Harlem the candidates
for Aldermen and for the Assembly have
flooded the streets with circulars in which
their good qualities are set forth by their
poetic friends.
In the Ninth Assembly district the Devery
poets. in particular, are busy. Here is one
OF their samples which tells of the many
rows which have occurred in:
THE GAME AT TAMMANY HALL,
By BIO BG
took the dice from shechan on a rainy night last
And beat both him and Goodwin Mt their game:
1t rAt usi all the bilnkers when got Into the
To win district for my friends I went again to
throw.
And honestly l started with a will:
The darn old dice were loaded In the little game
But JUS, the same they couldn't fool Big Bill.
There was throwing there by Grady. Tim
knew It was brace game. don't you seef
IF you do" said l, IN eat you.
But hardly think you re in II. Sport. with mo-
Mcclellan threw three skies every time he turned
So Murphy said. Now Mac. that's out of sight
Then Nixon said, BY Heavens. Mac. you cannot
For Murphy h naed the dice this very night.
Twas then they started throwing everything
When NIXON s shouted Fraud h. got /, hard
Though no wasn't all TO blame. sure he got IL Just
And they threw him over into Murphy's yard
There vas throwing there by Hafen. while
Ahearn he threw ,ohn Oakley on the floor:
h3d yos do ss' said III ale a'd 1 g9q mid you
Then Murphy threw them all out through
the door
The Hall was in disorder from the bottom to the
j "a h: s;ss .as 81
1t didn't stop ,-.,. ~, .,
Jimmy Ms1,n he wa, 4, mad sd, 20 tel h Il: truth
him unswares.
And then they threw Sport Murphy from the
There was throwing BY oHagen, Mulaueen
They threw poor Percy Magic in a well:
But Biz Bill he knocked them silly,
And the people threw the rest OF EN- ter He'll
At the headquarters Of Mr.. Murphy. the
Tammany leader over at Twentieth street
and Second avenue, crowd OF Murphy's
friends who assemble there nightly are
singing the following to the refrain Fare
Thee Well, Molly Darling:
Fare thee well. fare thee well. Boss McLaughl
Let your eyes neer again look IN mine:
For the sun on old Tammany's shining
And you're far from your comrades 10 line:
There's n tear In your eye, Boss Mclaughlin
And your face looks all trouble and care.
But your heart mustn't fear.
You'll be here Bossy, dear,
Al the call Of the roll you'll be here.
Over in Brooklyn, where the NcIaughlin-
ties are baking on Grout's nomination, ono
Of the political glee clubs has song which
they sing to the tune of He Rambed," the
words being as follows
HE RAMBLED.
.lpr Rad fhrce
Blu. Grout. he was the laky sheep. his father lie.
They tiled their best to break him Of his nckl..
wicked way,
At last the voters turned him down upon election
day.
oh, Didn't he ramble' Ramblei
He rambled all around.
In and out the town,
Obi Didn't he ramble, Ramble'
He ranhled I'll the voters cut him down.
Among the politicians oh; funny man was he.
But every voter knew by heart his rambling pedi-
And wien b. started on. to speak In different parts
They didn't need their rnegaphon.s TO call the
Rambler down
on Didn't he ramble' &c
He ramblcd into once hrst and then he rnmbled
Because he fooled the people once. they wouldn't
stand for Grout
He tried to stoop to Cutting then and when he went
to stOOp
Old Fusion kicked him In the pants and made him
loop the loop
OH Didn't he Tamble &c.
he rambled into Tam many and there hs acted
mean, $500
Then Charley Murphy showed to him trick he'd
never seem
They buried him with Fornes for he lost his public
lifs.
He ranblsd with the angels when Mclaughlin
drew o knife.
Ont Didn't he rhmblci hc,