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Current version of They Might Be Giants Lyrics James K. Polk (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/they-might-be-giants/james-k-polk...) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of They Might Be Giants Lyrics James K. Polk (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/they-might-be-giants/james-k-polk...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| In 1844, the Democrats were split | In 1844, the Democrats were split | |||||||||||||
| The three nominees for the presidential candidate | The three nominees for the presidential candidate | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Were Martin Van Buren, a former President and an abolitionist | Were Martin Van Buren, a former | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | James Buchanan, a moderate Louis Cass, a general and expansionist | president and an abolitionist | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | James Buchanan, a moderate | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louis Cass, a general and expansionist | 1 | ||||||||||||
| From Nashville came a dark horse riding up | From Nashville came a dark horse riding up | |||||||||||||
| He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump | He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Austere, severe, he held few people dear | Austere, severe, he held few people dear | |||||||||||||
| His oratory filled his foes with fear | His oratory filled his foes with fear | |||||||||||||
| 4 | The factions soon agreed he's just the man we need | The factions soon agreed | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | To bring about victory fulfill our manifest destiny | He's just the man we need | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | To bring about victory | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Fulfill our manifest destiny | 3 | ||||||||||||
| And annex the land the Mexicans command | And annex the land the Mexicans command | |||||||||||||
| 6 | And when the vote was cast the winner was | And when the votes were cast the winner was | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump | Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| In four short years he met his every goal | In four short years he met his every goal | |||||||||||||
| He seized the whole southwest from Mexico | He seized the whole southwest from Mexico | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Made sure the tariffs fell | Made sure the tarriffs fell | 7 | |||||||||||
| And made the English sell the Oregon territory | And made the English sell the Oregon territory | |||||||||||||
| He built an independent treasury | He built an independent treasury | |||||||||||||
| Having done all this he sought no second term | Having done all this he sought no second term | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| But precious few have mourned the passing of | But precious few have mourned the passing of | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh President | Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president | 8 | |||||||||||
| Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump | Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump | |||||||||||||
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