Uncle Sam and His Fiddlers.

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Tune — "Old King Cole."

OLD Uncle Sam had a strange whim-wham,
A silly whim-wham had he;
He call'd for his fiddlers, and danced in a jam,
With the troop of Old Hickory.
And every fiddler had Uncle Sam's fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he!
Then "tweedle-deedle-dee" went the fiddlers,
Tweedle-dee!
Oh! slyly and rare they did comb down his hair,
To the tune of "E-CON-O-MY!"

Old Uncle Sam they did sweetly cram,
How sweetly cramm'd was he!
He gaped and grinn'd at each humbugging flam,
Crying, "This is the stuff for me!"

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And every piper he set up his pipe,
Tickling Sam's catastrophe.
Then "toodle-doodle-doo" went the pipers;
"Tweedle-deedle-dee" went the fiddlers;
Tweedle-dee!
But oh! how rare did Uncle Sam stare,
When each fiddler came for his fee!

Old Uncle Sam found it was all a sham,
As saucy a sham as could be;
And he cried, "You rogues, do you think you can gam-
Mon a sensible chap like me?"
But each rogue — oh, law! — had a griping paw,
And a pair of light heels, as you'll see.
Then "chink-chink-chink!" went the money bags;
"Toodle-doodle-doo," went the pipers;
"Tweedle-deedle-dee," went the fiddlers;
Tweedle-dee!
And each one with a dash made a snap at the cash;
Wasn't that "pure democracy?"

Old Uncle Sam felt as flat as a clam,
As flat as a clamshell he;
He scratch'd his head, and did nothing but stam-
Mer and stare in his quandary.
For these musical cits play'd the dogs with his wits,
And the deuce with his currency.
Then "flap, flap, flap!" went the money bags;
"Scatter, scatter, scatter!" said the pipers;
"Here's leg-bail," said the fiddlers,
And good-bye to tweedle-dee,
Tweedle-dee!
Oh! There's nought so rare but a rogue will dare
With a snug Sub-Treasury!

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Now Old Uncle Sam has a new whim-wham,
A better whim-wham has he,
That each Tory sham shall speedily scam-
Per away to "retiracy."
Then every fiddler shall have a new fiddle,
And a Whig fiddle it shall be,
So "tweedle-deedle-dee," merry fiddlers,
A true Whig tweedle-dee;
Tweedle-dee!
Then all start fair, and take good care
Of the nation's liberty.