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JAMES K. POLK
In 1844, the Democrats were split The three nominees for the presidential candidate Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist James Buchanan, a moderate Lewis Cass, a general and expansionist From Nashville came a dark horse riding up He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Austere, severe, he held few people dear His oratory filled his foes with fear The factions soon agreed He's just the man we need To bring about victory Fulfill our manifest destiny And annex the land the Mexicans command And when the vote was cast the winner was Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
In four short years he met his every goal He seized the whole southwest from Mexico Made sure the tarriffs fell And made the English sell the Oregon territory He built an independent treasury Having done all this he sought no second term But precious few have mourned the passing of Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump
"In the name of God, sir, we ask you if this be so?" That was the question Emerson put in a letter to President Van Buren regarding the forced removal of the Cherokee. So I'll still with Jim "From sea to shining sea" Polk.
From the group "They Might Be Giants". There's online video at U-Tube.
ReplyDeleteJAMES K. POLK
In 1844, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
James Buchanan, a moderate
Lewis Cass, a general and expansionist
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the vote was cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
In four short years he met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump
It's Martin Van Buren for me, the Little Magician from Kinderhook, the only VP-become-president not to win a second term, until George the First/41.
ReplyDelete"In the name of God, sir, we ask you if this be so?" That was the question Emerson put in a letter to President Van Buren regarding the forced removal of the Cherokee.
ReplyDeleteSo I'll still with Jim "From sea to shining sea" Polk.
My fallback position is Chester Alan Arthur.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a Chet Arthur fan, Roger. But my manifest destiny tendencies prevail.
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