The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-18
MuchQtuKa.

Should you ask. whence these ideas,
Whence these meteoric. fancies,
With their pungent Western odors,
With their bubbling effervescence,
With the fire of elocution,
With the smoke of many campaigns,
And their constant PRONUNCIATION
With such frequent repeitions
Like the echo from a canyon?
should answer, | should tell you
From the Western state, Nebraska,
From the land of droughts and bliz-
yards,
From the home of famous statesmen
And of prairie-dogs and cactus;
Where the coyotes nightly bowling
Brings dismal sad sensation,
Comes this awe-inspiring wisdom.
I'll not sing it, for you've heard it
From the lips of Muchatalka,
(Which is Cheyenne, meaning Bryan
The musician, the sweet singer,
Valiant Democratic leader.
Should you ask where Muchatalka
(Which is Cheyenne meaning Bryant
Found these songs, so wild and way
ward,
Found these ever-changing fancies,
Found these schemes, with wisdom
pregnant,
! should answer, should tell you
From the stretch of waving cornfields,
From the miles of green alfalfa,
From the bluffs OF the Platte River
And the mounds of the Missouri;
On the sand dunes of the desert,
Prairie-dog and coyote sang them,
Sang them oft to Muchatalka
(Which is Cheyenne, meaning Bryant.
If still further you should ask me,
Saying, Who is Muchatalka?
Tell us of this Muchatalka
(Which is Cheyenne, meaning Bryan i,
Straightway in such words as follows
Your inquiries | would answer
| Scarce can / believe your query
In good faith has been propounded,
For in this enlightened nation
Minds must work indeed obtusely
/ Not to know the great musician.
And his songs on many topics;
But, if you are thus benighted.
OF the who and why and wherefore.
] will tell you of this singer
From the Western State, Nebraska
Eighteen-ninety-six, remember,
| In the hot and sultry summer,
In the city of Chicago,
Democrats were in convention;
And there came a sprightly speaker
With winsome air about him,
Linen buster for a mantle,
Linen buster had a picket,
Pocket held left foot of rabbit,
Speaker ope'd his lips cavernous,
Whence issued his song in this wise:
Labor is the mighty factor
Which gold standard seeks to throttle
But it shall not bow submissive
To this horny crown forever"
Shall we view mans crucifixion
On this cross of gold impassiye?
Never, till the dawn millennial,
Never" Thus sang Muchatalka,
(Which is Cheyenne. meaning Bryant
And the world sat up and listened.
-Four years later. Kansas City.
Held similar convention,
: Which the singer dominated
In an autocratic manner.
I Sang again his song of Silver"
With some slight notifications;
Forced the party to accept it
J Or forego his nomination.
! Editing his campaign organ.
| Planning White House decorations.
) Now, again, as forth he sallies.
, Harp atune and songs remodesed.
: Sings he thus; of swollen fortunes,
; Railroad rates and regulation"
! Guarantee of bank deposits"
r Full control of corporations"
: Much restricted immigration"
; Revenue, should be the object,
( Not protection, with the tariff"
5 These and other songs he MARBLES,
5 AS he fits across the country;
Sings them in the schools and churche
E Colleges and legislatures,
: Sings them from the Pullman piar
( forms,