They Don't Write 'em Like They Used To

...thankfully, I might add.

I was going through some historical stuff, finding old campaign songs from previous historical elections, and some of the lyrics I found were forehead slappers. Here's a choice selection of a catchy li'l ditty used by John Quincy Adams in 1824:

"Fear's a-coming!
Tears are coming!
Plague and pestilence are coming!
Hatings a coming!!
Satan's a coming!!!
If John Quincy not be coming."

Notice how the exclamation marks crescendo near the end, then stop abruptly in sober silence. Wacky stuff! But not so wacky that it was the only time a candidate was purportedly in league with Satan. Martin Van Buren? Total Satan worshiper.

Rock the vote!

The Evolution of the Campaign Song, from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama

Songs in the Key of Presidency

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