Stump Speech, The

DESCRIPTION: The candidate asks for votes: "Ladies and gentlemen, hearers and shearers, Both of the feminine and sheminine gender..." The candidate refuses to say where he stands; he stands with those who are "in." He appeals to "Fellow electors and blithering idiots"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Fahey-Joe-Watson-AustralianTraditionalFolkSinger)
KEYWORDS: political nonballad humorous recitation
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fahey-Joe-Watson-AustralianTraditionalFolkSinger, [p. 10, page headed "We chattered on..."], "The Stump Speech" (1 text)
File: FaWStuSp

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