Songs America voted by : a thoroughly factual and entertaining history of the candidates, the parties, the issues, the songmakers, and the words and music that won and lost American presidential elections / compiled and edited with historical notes by Irwin Silber.

Other author Silber, Irwin, 1925-2010.
Format Musical Score
Edition1st pbk. ed.
Publication InfoHarrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, 1988, ©1971.
Description1 score (320 pages) ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents The early years (1788-1836) : Union and Washington : The new roof : a new song for Federal Mechanics ; God save Great Washington. Adams and Jefferson and Liberty : American spirit ; Adams and liberty ; The son of liberty ; Jefferson and liberty. Madison appears and Monroe is the man : Madison, Union and liberty ; Monroe is the man. Old Hickory : Half horse and half alligator : The hunters of Kentucky ; Little wat ye wha' s a-comin' ; Adams and Clay ; The hickory tree ; Jackson toast --
Contents Tippecanoe and Tyler too : Harrison vs. Van Buren : Little Vanny ; Van Buren ; Tip and Ty ; Harrison ; The log cabin and hard cider candidate ; Old Tippecanoe ; Bullet proof (or The hero who never lost a battle) ; The last Whig song ; When this old hat was new --
Contents Locofocos, Whigs and free-soilers : Jimmy Polk of Tennessee : Farmer Clay ; Jimmy Polk of Tennessee ; Clay and Frelinghysen ; Polk, Dallas and Texas ; Hard times ; Two dollars a day and roast beef ; We're for freedom throughout the land ; Get off the track. Rough and ready wins the race : Rough and ready ; Rough and ready (or The bold soger boy) ; Old Zack upon the track ; The brave old volunteer ; Cass and Butler ; Martin Van of Kinderhook ; Free soil chorus. Locos all--great and small : Scott, who oft to victory led ; Wait till November ; The latest Yankee Doodle ; Locofoco song ; Democratic song --
Contents Free speech, free soil, free men, Fremont! : End of the compromise on slavery : We'll give 'em Jessie ; Huzza for the railroad! ; Fremont and freedom ; Buchanan and Breckenridge ; Wide-awake Yankee Doodle ; The union wagon --
Contents Lincoln and liberty : The campaign of 1860 : Freemen win when Lincoln leads ; Have you heard the loud alarm? ; Lincoln and liberty ; Lincoln and Hamlin ; Stand by the flag ; Breckenridge and Lane ; Union Dixie ; Campaign rally song ; Get out of the way. The campaign of 1864 : White soldiers' song ; McClellan is the man ; Soon we'll have the Union back ; Little Mac shall be restored ; Little Mac! Little Mac! You're the very man ; Rally 'round the cause, boys ; Rally for old Abe ; Union coming --
Contents Republicans all : Hail the conquering hero! : Just before election, Andy ; General Grant's the man ( A song and chorus for the times) ; The white man's banner ; Captain Grant of the Black Marines ; Not for Grant. Grant again in '72 : Farmer Greeley ; Then it's Irishmen, what are you doing? ; Straight-out Democrat ; Hurrah! Hurrah for Grant and Wilson! ; Obituary for Horace Greeley. The long count of '76 : The times are sadly out of joint ; Hold the fort for Tilden ; Our watchword ; The boys in blue. Garfield this time : All are ready for the fray ; When the Johnnies get into power ; The veteran's vote (Die Stimme des Veteranen) ; The soldier's vote (Des Soldaten Stimme) ; Now I am the leader of the Democracee ; The bleached shirt ; Hancock is coming! --
Contents Time for a change : The Democrats get their chance : Let's have a change ; Mary Blaine ; A Republican letter ; No ringsters need apply ; Where Republicans must go ; Good Democrats ; Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa? ; I'm a roaring repeater ; The plumed knight ; We'll follow where the white plume waves. Once again Tippecanoe : The Canada reserves ; Grover's veto ; There are no flies on Harrison ; Tippecanoe and Morton too ; The collar and the Kerchief ; It's British, you know ; His Grandfather's hat ; Wave high the red bandana. Cleveland again : Grandfather's hat ; Turn the rascals out ; Cleveland is the man --
Contents Oh, the people's ticket! : The Greenback Party : A new national anthem ; The Greenback ticket ; Rally to the call, boys ; Clear the track for General Weaver ; As we go marching on. Anti-monopoly Party : Ben Butler song. Union Labor Party : Labor's Yankee Doodle ; March of United labor. Hayseeds like me : The Kansas fool ; Goodbye, my party, goodbye ; The hayseed ; My party led me ; The independent man ; The people's jubilee --
Contents Gold bugs and silver lions : The cross of gold : Go tell McKinley ; The silver lion came tearin' out the wilderness ; We want none of Thee ; Silver song ; How it happened (or The Jew of Lombard Street) ; Bryan leads the way ; What's the matter with Hanna? ; Honest money ; Pay no heed to Billy Bryan ; Sound money and protection ; Marching with McKinley to victory. The full dinner pail : The full dinner pail ; Anti-Imperialism ; McKinley is the man! ; When Bryan is elected ; When Bryan comes marching in ; America has sons to crush oppression ; The White House Tom-tit ; Vot vos you up to, Ungle Sam? ; Get out of the way, you grand old party --
Contents Teddy, Taft and Wilson -- that's all! : The no-contest election of 1904 : Parker! Parker! You're the Moses who will lead us out of the wilderness ; Good-by, Teddy, you must march! March! March! ; We want Teddy for four years more ; You're all right, Teddy. Get on the raft with Taft : B-I- double L-Bill. Get on the raft with Taft. Would you rather be a Tammany Tiger or a Teddy bear? The Bull Moose campaign : When Teddy comes marching home ; Teddy, come back ; Our victory banner ; Wait for the wagon ; We're ready for Teddy again ; Wilson--that's all! ; Taft and Sherman ; Teddy must be king ; Taft the leader ; The election in Jungle Town. Go right along, Mister Wilson : I think we've got another Washington (and Wilson is his name) ; We're going to celebrate the end of the war in rag time (Be sure that Woodrow Wilson leads the band) ; Go right along, Mister Wilson (And we'll all stand by you) ; Charles E. Hughes, the American ; Be good to California, Mr. Wilson. --
Contents What a weapon is the ballot! : Marching through Rum-Land : Marching through Rum-Land ; Vote for our party ; Hurrah for prohibition ; It is not thrown away ; Then and now. Hail the Social Revolution! : Our cause is marching on ; What a weapon is the ballot ; Hail the social revolution ; Our jubilee ; Voting for labor. I'm a suffragette : Kansas suffrage song ; Female suffrage ; Going to the polls ; Oh, dear, what can the matter be? ; The taxation tyranny ; Winning the vote ; I'm a suffragette --
Contents The Republican twenties : Back to normalcy : Harding, you're the man for us ; Mr. Harding (We're all for you) ; The campaign hymn of the Republic ; The little snug old White House in the lane ; The tie that binds (or Jimmy is the man for us). Keep cool and keep Collidge : Keep cool and keep Coolidge ; John W. Davis (Remember the Teapot Dome) ; March to the White House ; Robert la Follette is the man of my heart. The Great Engineer and the Happy Warrior : Al Smith ; He's our Al ; (Good times with Hoover) better times with Al ; Al Smith for President ; If he's good enough for Lindy (He's good enough for me) ; Mr. Hoover and Mr. Smith --
Contents The Roosevelt years : Happy days are here again : On the right road with Roosevelt ; We want a man like Roosevelt ; Kiss yourself goodbye! ; Gone are the days ; Whoop it up! ; Battle hymn of the Republican party. As Maine goes, so goes Vermont : Horse and buggy ways ; Landon, oh, Landon ; Landon campaign song ; Happy landin' with Landon ; That's why we're voting for Roosevelt ; Bye-bye Landon, goodbye! ; Townsend plan song. The third team : Franklin D. Roosevelt's back again ; Mister Roosevelt, won't you please run again? ; On the banks of the Wabash (Wendell Willkie version) ; Do Ye Ken F.D.? ; Fare you well ; We're all going out to vote for Willkie. Never swap horses : Republican battle hymn ; He's the people's choice ; My friend's Franklin --
Contents The postwar years : I'm just wild about Harry : I'm just wild about Harry ; Date in '48 ; The same merry-go-round ; Stand and be counted ; The Wallace - Taylor Train ; Great day. They like Ike : I like Ike ; Look ahead, neighbor ; Don't let 'em take it away! ; We're madly for Adlai ; Believe in Stevenson ; Adlai's gonna win this time ; Stevenson, Stevenson ; Let's go with Ad-a-lai ; Victory in '56. High hopes : High hopes (special campaign version) ; Click with Dick ; Here comes Nixon ; Buckle down with Nixon. The rise and fall of Lyndon Johnson : Hello Lyndon ; Go with Goldwater ; Nixon's the one --
Contents The outsiders are in : The south rides again : I'm feeling good about America ; Ode to the Georgia farmer. A conservative populist : Stand up and cheer for Ronald Regan.
General noteMelodies with chord symbols.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 306-312.
Other titleNew roof.
Other titleNew song for Federal Mechanics.
Other titleGod save great Washington.
Other titleAmerican spirit.
Other titleAdams and liberty.
Other titleSon of liberty.
Other titleJefferson and liberty.
Other titleMadison, union and liberty.
Other titleMonroe is the man.
Other titleHunters of Kentucky.
Other titleLittle wat ye wha's a-comin'.
Other titleAdams and Clay.
Other titleHickory tree.
Other titleJackson toast.
Other titleLittle Vanny.
Other titleVan Buren.
Other titleTip and Ty.
Other titleHarrison.
Other titleLog cabin and hard cider candidate.
Other titleOld Tippecanoe.
Other titleBullet proof.
Other titleHero who never lost a battle.
Other titleLast Whig son.
Other titleWhen this old hat was new.
Other titleFarmer Clay.
Other titleJimmy Polk of Tennessee.
Other titleClay and Frelinghuysen.
Other titlePolk, Dallas and Texas.
Other titleHard times.
Other titleTwo dollars a day and roast beef.
Other titleWe're for freedom throughout the land.
Other titleGet off the track.
Other titleRough and ready.
Other titleBold Soger boy.
Other titleOld Zack upon the track.
Other titleBrave old volunteer.
Other titleCass and Butler.
Other titleMartin Van of Kinderhook.
Other titleFree soil chorus.
Other titleScott, who oft to victory led.
Other titleWait till November.
Other titleLatest Yankee Doodle.
Other titleLocofoco song.
Other titleDemocratic song.
Other titleWe'll give 'em Jessie.
Other titleHuzza for the railroad.
Other titleFremont and freedom.
Other titleBuchanan and Breckenridge.
Other titleWide-awake Yankee Doodle.
Other titleUnion wagon.
Other titleFreemen win when Lincoln leads.
Other titleLincoln and liberty.
Other titleHave you heard the loud alarm?
Other titleLincoln and Hamlin.
Other titleStand by the flag.
Other titleBreckenridge and Lane.
Other titleUnion Dixie.
Other titleCampaign rally song.
Other titleGet out of the way.
Other titleWhite soldiers' song.
Other titleMcClellan is the man.
Other titleLittle Mac shall be restored.
Other titleSoon we'll have the union back.
Other titleLittle Mac! Little Mac! You're the very man.
Other titleRally 'round the cause, boys.
Other titleRally for old Abe.
Other titleUnion coming.
Other titleJust before election, Andy.
Other titleGeneral Grant's the man.
Other titleSong and chorus for the times.
Other titleWhite man's banner.
Other titleCaptain Grant of the Black Marines.
Other titleNot for Grant.
Other titleFarmer Greeley.
Other titleThen it's Irishmen, what are you doing?
LCCN 88750704
ISBN0811722759

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