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Thread #46588   Message #4056356
Posted By: Lighter
31-May-20 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Heave Away Santiana / Aweigh Santy Ano
"The Ocean Herald," 1863, published aboard ship Susan Hinks, Boston, Capt. Atwood, by Rev. Otis R. Bacheler (in Rev. Thomas H. Stacy, "Rev. Otis Robinson Bacheler, M.D., D.D., Fifty-Three Years Missionary to India" (Boston: Morning Star Publishing, 1904), pp. 295-296:


                                          CAPSTAN SONG.

General Taylor gained the day,
Hurrah Santa Anna!
General Taylor gained the day
All on the plains of Mexico.

He gained the day at Monterey,
Hurrah Santa Anna!
He gained the day at Monterey,
All on the plains of Mexico.

Santa Anna ran away,
Hurrah Santa Anna!
He ran away from Monterey,
All on the plains of Mexico.

General Jackson's at New Orleans,
Hurrah Santa Anna!
General Jackson's at New Orleans,
All on the plains of Mexico.

'Twas there he gave the British beans,
Hurrah Santa Anna!
'Twas there he gave the British beans,
All on the plains of Mexico.

(Compare the Jackson stanzas in the current "Fire Maringo!" thread. With a little tweaking they can be sung to the "Santy Anna" tune, but concern an earlier generation. Coincidence?)