Vote For Me

It makes no difference what you’ve heard,

     Bill, vote for me;

Maybe I’ve said you were a bird,

     Bill, vote for me.

I’ve talked about you thus and so,

And called you hard names, yes, I know,

But that was very long ago,

     Bill, vote for me.

My father licked your father once,

     John, vote for me;

Because he called your father “dunce”,

     John vote for me.

Our families have fought they say

Like cats and dogs since that far day;

Let bygones be bygones, I pray,

     John, vote for me.

I cheated you? Well, yes, I did,

     Tom, vote for me;

I wouldn’t now, though, God forbid!

     Tom, vote for me.

I’d do for you the best I could;

I’m working for my country’s good,

So there’s a reason why you should,

     Tom, vote for me.

Oct. 31, 1910