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Thread #13830   Message #4182617
Posted By: Lighter
28-Sep-23 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Over There
Subject: RE: Origins: Over There
Thanks for the interest, Rex. Here's the complete song. All the states mentioned went for Harrison in 1840.


Spirit of the Age (Oct. 1, 1841):

         CIDERCRATIC LAMENT.
   TO BE SUNG BY ALL GOOD LOCOFOCOS                        
       ON ALL GOOD OCCASIONS.
                     
Air: - “My name is Robert Kidd.”
                        
                         I
There's Illinois and Maine, they are gone, they are gone,
There's Illinois and Maine, they are gone;
    There's Illinois and Maine,
    Gone back to truth again,
    And from this ’tis very plain:
          We are done, we are done
      And from this ’tis very plain:
               We are done.
                  
                        II
And old Varmount, the jade, follows suit, follows suit,
And old Varmount, the jade, follows suit,
   And old Varmount, the jade,
   After all the vows she made,
   Has the Cidercrats betrayed,
      What a brute! what a brute!
    Has the Cidercrats betrayed,
             What a brute!

                                       
                         III
And Indiana too, what a shame, what a shame,
And Indiana too, what a shame;
    And Indiana too,
    By instinct ever true,
    Has washed out all the blue
       From her name, from her name,
      Has washed out all the blue
             From her name.

                         IV
GRAND CHORUS. – All together! – now, then! – now!

Oh, I wish I was a geese, all forlorn, all forlorn,
Oh, I wish I was a geese, all forlorn,
    Oh, I wish I was a geese,
    ‘Cause they eat their grass in peace,
    And accumulate much grease
         Eatin’ corn, eatin’ corn
       And accumulate much grease
             Eatin’ corn.