Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.
What has caused the great commotion, motion, motion,
Our country through?
It's the ball a rolling on, on.
For Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.
And with them we'll beat little Van, Van, Van.
Van is a used up man.
And with them we'll beat little Van.
[...]
While the 1840 Whig campaign did not have a long-range effect on public policy, the songs left an echo. The cynicism bred from a campaign based upon emotion and propaganda rears its head every four years as the major political parties unleash presidential campaigns in which style trumps substance and slogans override issues.
The more things change...
Cheers,
Scott.
