Broken Records

If you can’t carry a tune, you can’t take the White House. Here are some of the more memorable campaign songs in American history.


Richard Nixon

“Nixon Now Rally Song”

Mike Curb Congregation

Reaching out
To find a way
To make tomorrow
A brighter day
Making dreams reality
More than ever, Nixon Now for you and me

Chorus
Nixon Now (x2)
He’s made the difference
He’s shown us how
Nixon Now, Nixon Now
More than ever,
Nixon Now
Listen America, Nixon Now

Reaching out
Across the sea
Making friends where
Foes used to be
Giving hope to humanity
More than ever, Nixon Now for you and me

Chorus

Reaching out
Across the land

To listen to us
To understand
To help us shape our destiny
More than ever, Nixon Now for you and me

Chorus

Nixon Now (x2)
He’s made the difference
He’s shown us how.

Ulysses S. Grant

“U. S. Grant Is the Man”

J. C. J.

Some years ago, the Democrats
Of Southern name and breed,
They tried to burst the Union up,
But could not quite succeed;

For to the sturdy boys in blue,
There’s no such word as “can’t,”
They thought secession would not do,
And so thought Gen’ral Grant.

Chorus
And U. S. Grant is the man, (x2)
That’s a leader you can trust, boys, (x2)
U. S. Grant is the man, (x2)
Always faithful to the Union,
And always ready for the fight!

So they who failed on battlefields,
Would now the strife renew,
And win by fraud, instead of force,
But ah! It will not do:
For men of sense, and men of pence,
Are minded that they “shant,”
We’re bound, “you bet,” to put it through,
And so is Gen’ral Grant.

Chorus

The man that fought at Donelson,
Is just the one, we guess,
To lead this nation, true and brave,
Out of the Wilderness:
Another Vicksburg must we win,
Another Richmond gain,
Unless we conquer in the strife,
The War was all in vain.

Chorus

And Southern men, we call on you,
Who long and bravely fought.
Once fairly beaten; — that’s enough, —
Now do as brave men ought!

Your leaders fooled you long enough,
Say to that crew, “Avaunt!”
And rally round the Union flag,
And vote for General Grant.

Chorus

Then fling the loyal banners out,
We’ll “fight it on this line,”
Till Grant within the White House halls,
Shall calmly smoke, and dine.

And, ere December’s wintry rays
Shall strike the world aslant,
We’ll cry, “Hurra for Victory!”
“Hurra for U. S. Grant!”

Newt Gingrich

“Hoot for Newt”

James Johnson, Franco Hurtado, and Tyler Arcia

Fighting for beliefs, fighting for what’s right,
But I really ain’t trying to come at ya like a parasite,
You just need to see things from a different side
Go ahead, ask what your country can do for you,
’Cuz anything’s possible with President Newt
Yeah, so get up off your feet, get out on the street,
Tell everyone you meet.

Chorus
Hoot! Hoot hoot! Hey everybody vote for Newt! Say what?
Hoot! Hoot hoot! Hey everybody vote for Newt! Yeah!
Hoot! Hoot hoot! Hey everybody vote for Newt! Yeah!
Hoot! Hoot hoot! Hey everybody vote for Newt!

N to the E to the WT
Newt Gingrich taking over these streets,
Is you ready for it yet?
I don’t think so, where you at?
Obama ’bout to step out the White House,
Gingrich gonna get in the White House
He gon’ have his wife, his spouse,
Yeah, you know without a doubt
Celebrating all day like it’s a parade
Here we got pro-life all up in this thang
Unh, and you know we doing this thang
Shout out to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, man
Yeah, Gingrich do it big,
Get up in the White House, do it big
There is nobody better
2012: end of an era

Chorus

2012! Newt Gingrich! Go out and vote, man! Don’t be a fool!

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