There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (Bryan Version)

DESCRIPTION: ""Me oh my just hear the people yell, If McKinley is elected our country's gone to -- well. If we elect Billy Bryan, we'll all be living well. There's be a hot time in the old town tonight, my honey."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: political nonballad wordplay
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
July 7, 1896 - William Jennings Bryan gives his "Cross of Gold" speech calling for a silver currency
1896, 1900, 1908 - Bryan's three runs for the presidency
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, p. 21, "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" (1 short text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "There'll Be a Hot Time (In the Old Town Tonight)" (tune) and references there
cf. "Free Silver" (subject of William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 election) and references there
File: McIn021B

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