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And if the words you should forget 



The poet he'll be there, 

 With other songs and tunes all set, 



To while away dull care. 



There'll be shouts, &c. 



And while he lives, with songs and glee, 



Will celebrate the day, 

 And while we live, remember'd be 



The twenty-ninth of May. 



There'll be shouts, &c. 



From the "Log Cabin poet" of Northen Indiana. 



Too Long have We Felt the Spoilers Power 1 — 



[Ms. in H. A. Kellar Collection] 



[May ?, 1840] 

 Blue bonnets o'er the border 



Brave log cabin lads, arise to glory, 

 Now's the time your bonds to sever, 

 Subtreasuryism 2 yawns before ye, 

 Strike the blow, and 'twill die forever! 

 Let not those hireling bonds affright ye, 

 The day is ours, come pass the word around 

 Remember tis Harrison invites you, 

 To meet him on that "bloody battle ground" — 



1 It is possible that this was one of the campaign songs which 

 were distributed at the Tippecanoe Battleground celebration of 

 May 29. The Indianapolis Spirit of '76, June 6, 1840, in a long 

 article describing the convention, devoted a paragraph to "LAKE 

 County. The Boys of the North turned out nobly in response to 

 the appeal of one of her citizens whom we observed in his wagon 

 which contained the printing press of the "Great Western," busily 

 engaged in distributing Harrison melodies, as they were rapidly 

 struck from the press which was in constant motion. A banner 

 also appeared — 'The log cabin boys of Lake County are coming.' " 



* Robinson refers to Andrew Jackson's attack on the United 

 States Bank and the subsequent proposal to establish the sub- 

 treasury. 



