Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

30 rapidly tumbiing him all alone
With his tails wounded stump quite gory
They raised faint shout, 'twtxt . cheer
and . groan,
And left him alone In his glory.
Not content with clubbing him "the
Pathfinder Of the Rockies" support
ers Of John c. Fremont delighted to
describe him as "the mustang colt
that must distance Buchanan, an "old
gray nag" And they raised their
voices in 4 song Of considerable
vigor:
The mustang colt 10 strong and young,
His wind 10 strong, his knees not sprung.
Hes long been fed at the public rack.
The mustang 10 = fuli-blooded colt,
He cannot shyi He will not bolti
The old gray nag. when he tries to trot,
Goes round and round in the same old
spoil
The mustang goes at a killing pace,
Hes bound to win the four-mils race!
Then do your best with the old gray hack,
The mustang colt will clear the trackl
AN old gray hack" was the most
complimentary name the Fremont
men had for Buchanan. One song
writer painted him in these lines:
The dough, the dough, the facial dough I
The nose that Yields when you tweak It. SO!
1t signs for the spoil-it sells It's soul
For = spoonful Of pap from the treasury
bowl.
For signing the Clay compromise
bill Millard Fillmore was compli-
mented in the following lines:
There lives q man in Buffalo,
His name Is Willard Fillmore.
Who thinks the unions sunk 30 low
1t ought to take one pill more
To purge away the prejudice"
Which true men have for freedom,
A canting, pompous wretch he IL
Who'll cheat you II you heed him.
Old MIL Fillmore. not another pill more.
In our mouth
The quaking south
Shall ne'er put q pill more.
Campaign Songs Of 1860.
Campaign songs OF 1860 were
marked by bitterness. A favorite with
The Douglas wing ridiculed the per-
'onal appearance and homespun repu-
alton of Honest Abe:
Fell US he's q second Webster,
Or. II better. Henry Clay;
That he's full Of gentle humor.
Placid ~ summers day.
Fell again about the cord wood;
Seven cords or more . day;
How each night he seeks his closet,
There alone to kneel and pray
my lis you tell US. veil swaiiow-
swallow any kind Of mixture:
But, o don't we beg and pray you
Don't. for lands sake, show his pictured
Andrew Johnson's Swing around
he circle" was satirically celebrated
0 the tune Of lust Before the Battle,
Mother:
Just before election, Andy,
We are thinking most Of you;
while We get our ballots ready |
But, be sure. they're not for youi
NJ b., you'll nG y, ~S. 1 Hou a. sSs
oh. yes, we'll get your leave Of absence.
A. you swing around the curve"
CHORUS.
You have swung around the circle,
That you ought to swing, It's true;
Oh. you tried to veto congrsss.
But, I guess, we'll veto you!
When Grant first ran for president
is ardent supporters phrased their
ervor in terms of AUD Lang Syne"::
Should brave Ulysses be forgot.
Who worked 50 long and we'll
On fields where fires Of death were hot
And brave men fought and fellf
And inevitably they sang of Apo
lattox:
30, boys. final bumper
While we In chorus chant,
For next president we nominate
Our I11vnnan Grnnf
And u asked what state he halls from.
This our sole reply shall be-
From near Appomattox Court House,
With It's famous apple tree.
For twas there to our Ulysses
That Leo gave up the fight.
Now boys! To Grant for president
And God defend the right
1t was a different story when he
'anted the republican nomination for
third term.
Battle Of Ballots-Not Bellows.
James A. Garfield's humble youth
ras serviceable to party songsters
-hen he ran for president. As an
lustration of pure doggerel, the lines
SLOWING serve admirably:
. early learned to paddle well his own
forlorn canoe;
pom ohios grand canal he held the hellum
true.
nd now the people shout to him. ''Lo. it's
for you We wait"
70 want to soc Jim Garfield guide our
glorious ship Of state.
In this year Of grace 4 republican
Ik-slinger might parody "Mr. Doc
":
Oh. Mr.. wilson, Oh. Mr.. wilson,
How ever did they come to let you in,
But he is not likely to do so. For
lie citizen Of the present is not in
rested in competitive singing. By .
~ he is too busy in pursuit Of the