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A politician was Terhune McCarty. He found that votes were captured with molasses. He frequented saloons; he jingled glasses; He talked about "our great and glorious party." In language insincere, and yet most hearty, He always eulogized the toiling masses; Deplored the brutal wealth of upper classes. At last, a councilman became McCarty. He then sang "Hail Columbia," -- "Yankee Doodle," And wore a watch-chain bulky as a cable; But all at once he dropped his watermelon. They caught him lugging off a bag of boodle. They stripped him quickly of his party label, And jailed him as a self-convicted felon. |
