Verse 1:
DO SOL(B) DO FA(A) DO SOL DO FAIn eighteen forty-four, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
DO SOL DO FA DO FA SOL -Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
DO FA SOLJames Buchanan, a moderate
Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
DO FA DO FA SOL - - -From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
DO LAm FA SOL DO FA DO SOLHe was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Verse 2:
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Bridge:
DO SOL DO FA DO FA SOLDO FA SOL
Verse 3:
In four short years he'd met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump
Verse 1:
DO SOL(B)In eighteen forty-four, the
..Democrats were split
DO SOL(B)The three nominees for the
DO FA(A) DO SOL DO FA..presidential candidate
Were Martin Van Buren, a former
FA DO FA SOL -..president and an abolitionist
DO FA SOLJames Buchanan, a moderate
Louis Cass, a general and
LAm RE RE(C) RE(B) RE(A)..expansionist
DO FA DOFrom Nashville came a dark horse
..riding up
DO LAm FA SOLHe was James K. Polk, Napoleon of
DO FA DO SOL..the Stump
Verse 2:
Austere, severe, he held few
..people dear
His oratory filled his foes with
..fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans
..command
And when the votes were cast the
..winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of
..the Stump
Bridge:
Verse 3:
In four short years he'd met his
..every goal
He seized the whole southwest from
..Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the
..Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no
..second term
But precious few have mourned the
..passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh
..president
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the
..Stump
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