Old Harrison

DESCRIPTION: "So early in the morning, Old Harrison he goes out, You'll always see a drop or two a-hangin' to his snout, His snout both long and crooked, a little Roman, too." "The Whigs' throats are all sore, their noses are all blue From shouting for hard cider"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1969 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol1)
KEYWORDS: political nonballad drink
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Dec 2, 1840 - William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren
Mar 4, 1841 - Harrison (the first Whig to be elected President) is inaugurated. He gives a rambling inaugural address in a rainstorm and catches cold
April 4, 1841 - Harrison dies of pneumonia, making him the first president to fail to complete his term. After some hesitation, Vice President John Tyler is allowed to succeed as President
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol1, p. 22, "Old Harrison" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #7017
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Old Tippecanoe (I)" (subject of the Harrison/van Buren election) and references there
NOTES [61 words]: Bush explains this as being from the presidential election of 1840, and since it mentions both the Whigs and "Old Harrison," it certainly is likely to be about William Henry Harrison, but I haven't seen it elsewhere, and it's just possible that it's about 1836, not 1840. The oddity is that it survived to be collected a century and a quarter after Harrison died. - RBW
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File: BuWV1022

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