| Lyrics: | 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 |
