When This Old Hat Was New.

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When this old hat was new, the people used to say
The best among the Democrats were HARRISON and CLAY;
The Locos now assume that name — a title most untrue,
And most unlike their party name when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, Van Buren was a Fed,
And enemy to every man who labored for his bread;
And if the people of New York have kept their records true,
He voted 'gainst the poor man's rights, when this old hat was new.

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When this old hat was new, Buchanan was the man
Best fitted in the Keystone State to lead the Federal clan —
He swore "if Democratic blood should make his veins look blue,
He'd cure them by phlebotomy," when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, ('twas eighteen hundred seven,)
Charles Ingersoll did then declare, by all his hopes of heaven,
"Had he been able to reflect, he'd been a Tory true,
And ne'er have thought it a reproach," when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, of Richard Rush 'twas said,
To figure well among the Feds, he wore a black cockade;
Deny this, Locos, if you please — for every word is true —
I knew full well old Dicky Rush, when this old hat was new.

When this old was new, 'twas in the Granite State
That Harry Hubbard asked each town to send a delegate
To meet in council at the time when Federalism blue
Made Hartford look like indigo, when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, Old Governor Provost
The States invaded, at the head of numerous British host;
Then mark, ye Locos, what then did Martin Chittenden do?
Forbid Green Mountain Boys to fight, when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, Woodbury and Van Ness,
E. Allen Brown, and Stephen Haight were of the Federal mess;
A. H. Everett, Martin Field, and Sam. C. Allen too,
Now Patent Democrats, were Feds, when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, these worthies did oppose
The cause and friends of Liberty, and stood among their foes;
Not so with "Granny" Harrison, for at Tippecanoe
He bravely fought the savage foe, when this old hat was new.

When this old hat was new, the friends of Liberty
Knew well the merits of Old Tip, while fighting at Maumee;
Come now, huzza for HARRISON, just as we need to do
When first we heard of Proctor's fall, when this old hat was new.