FEW DAYS. OUR COUNTRY NOW IS GREAT AND FREE
Words by K.N., Arranged by S. G. A.

"The Know-Nothing Union Song"

1
Our country is great and free,
Few days, few days.
And thus shall it forever be,
We know the way.
We'll teach the hosts that gather here,
Few days, few days,
That we'll protect what we hold dear,
We know the way.

Chorus:
We'll battle innovation,
Few days, few days,
And fight 'gainst usurpation
By a cunning foe.
For our guide is Freedom's banner,
Few days, few days
Our guide is Freedom's banner,
We know the way.

2
The world shall see that we are true,
Few days, few days,
And that we know a thing or two,
We know the way.
As "Know Nothings" we're hand in hand,
Few days, few days,
Our countless throng shall fill the land,
We know the way.

Chorus:

3
From East and West, from South and North,
Few days, few days,
We'll call our many legions forth,
we know the way.
The freedom that our fathers won,
Few days, few days,
Shall be defended by each son,
We know the way.

4.
Then shout, then shout o'er hill and plain,
Few days, few days,
Our Union shall its rights maintain,
We know the way.
We'll guard, we'll guard the ballot box,
Few days, few days,
From foreign wiles and treason shocks,
We know the way.

Chorus:

Levy Sheet Music.

It was from this version that John A. Stone developed his Temperance song, posted above.

The 1850s were a turbulent time in the United States. Large numbers of immigrants were entering the country; the Know Nothings vowed to stop the flow. The fear was directed mostly at Roman Catholics, mostly Irish, who, it was believed, were controlled by the Pope in Rome. There was widespread belief that there was a conspiracy to settle the country with Catholics and their bishops would bring rule from Rome. (The Italian surge was a later event). Fillmore and Donelson campaigned under their Union banner. The Know Nothings won elections across the country and carried Massachusetts. Some violence took place against the immigrants and they had a difficult time outside of their ghettos. The Whig Party, the opposite to the Democrats, collapsed; anti-slavery, nativism and temperance movements as well as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the cause. This left the road open to the know Nothings and their American Party.
The Wikipedia gives a summary of the times.