James K Polk

												
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: James K. Polk
Album: Factory Showroom


Verse 1:
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In eighteenty-four, the Democrats were split
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The three nominees the presidential candidate
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Were Martin Van Buren, amer president and anlitionist
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James Buchanan, a moderate
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Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
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From Nashville came a darkse riding up
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He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump


Verse 2:
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled hiss with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bringut victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicansmand
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump


Bridge:
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Verse 3: 
Inr short years he'd met his everyl
He seized the whole southwest from Mexbr />Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Havinge 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