New Party

Air: Old Dan Tucker

Come all ye who're fond of singing,
Let us set a song a-ringing,
Sound the chorus loud and hearty,
And we'll make a Free Soil Party.

 

Chorus:
Get out o' the way, Cass and Taylor,
You can't come to the White House ever.


Some want Cass and some want Taylor,
But we say we wont have either;
We've a man that's far above them,
He's the man that's pledged for Freedom.
Get out, &c.

What has Zachary Taylor done,
That he should to the White House come?
He's good for fighting, we'll allow,
But we don't want him "anyhow."
Get out, &c.

The institutions of the South
Must be supported by the North ;
If the North like it, very well.
But if they don't, why "just as well."
Get out, &c.

And now it is proposed, you know,
To make Slave States in Mexico,
And General Taylor's just the man
To carry out that Southern plan.
Get out, &c.

And then there's Lewis Cass, they say,
Is with every one, in every way ;
He's what the people of this place
Denominate a great doughface.
Get out, &c.

 

But wanting though he may, decision,
He's ever true to his ambition ;
While yielding to the people's wishes,
His eye is on the loaves and fishes.
Get out, &c.

If they want Slave territory,
General Cass will tell the story.
And if we want to have it free,
" Oh yes," says Cass, " if you'll vote for me."
Get out, &c.

Now for the Buffalo nomination.
Made by men of every station.
They're the men to go before us.
And they'll always shout the chorus,

Get out o' the way, with your Slavery,
Get out o' the way, with your Slavery,
Get out o' the way, Cass and Taylor,
You can't come to the White House ever-


Come, then, friends of Freedom, waken,
Don't you see the nation's shaken ;
On — with Freedom's banner o'er you.
Victory is sure before you.

Get out o' the way, Cass and Taylor,
Out o' the way, Cass and Taylor,
Out o' the way, Cass and Taylor,
You can't come to the White House ever
.

 

The song was likely written before Van Buren's nomination in 1848 on the Free Soil ticket.