Song | James K. Polk |
Artist | They Might Be Giants |
Album | John Henry + Factory Showroom |
Vocal:John Linnell | |
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 | |
Louis 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 votes were 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 | |
Notes | |
There was a 'censored' version of this song that corrected a couple of factual errors. | |
It involved substituting 'restored the independent treasury' and a few other minor details. |
Vocal: John Linnell | |
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 | |
Louis 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 votes were 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 | |
Notes | |
There was a ' censored' version of this song that corrected a couple of factual errors. | |
It involved substituting ' restored the independent treasury' and a few other minor details. |