The origin of the masses are asses... same as it ever was
Charles Graham Hal/pine
When and where shall we bury it ?
" We'll do that next November,
With our watchword ' Remember !'
Oh, most nobly we'll bury it."
What may mean. this " Remember?"
" Cagger's yoke to shake off, man,
As we should have done Hoffman
When he ran last November."
Can't the thing be " made nice," boys ?
" No ; we'll fight as we've chosen
Till a hot place is frozen-
Then we'll fight on the ice, boys."
Dare you beat the state ticket ?
" To disgrace we're not wedded,
And we'll go * double-headed,'
Just to beat that state ticket."
What ! let Radicals win, boys ?
"Ay, we'll vote for the devil
Till we get this thing level
We'd let Beelzebub win, boys."
Are you all of this thinking ?
"All ! all !" cried the masses :
" Too long we've been asses,
But we now do tall thinking."
Will you hold to this pledge, boys ?
"Ay, so help us our Savior!
All our future behavior
Shall be true to this pledge, boys."
What ! no bargain or compromise ?
"Everlastingly damn any
Man who, with Tammany,
Talks of a compromise. "
Then you hoist the black banner ?
"Ay, it's war to the knife
It is now life for life,
And we hoist the black banner."
Against odds you'll be fighting ?
" 'Gainst * the deck and the devil,'
Till we get this thing level,
We'll do nothing but fighting."