Uncle Joe

 

    Uncle Joe

 

 

You are going to be the Speaker,

     Uncle Joe;

Tho’ there be another “seeker”

     Uncle Joe

You will turn your oratory

On the howling upper story,

And you’ll wrap yourself in glory,

     Uncle Joe.

 

You’re a grim and seasoned fighter,

     Uncle Joe;

You are older and you’re whiter,

     Uncle Joe.

But you’re full of vim and vigor –

Aspirants will cut no “figger”,

Let your “booms” be louder, bigger,

     Uncle Joe.

 

March 11, ’09.

Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history,[1] with such control over the House that he could often control debate. The Cannon House Office Building, the oldest congressional office building, completed in 1908, was named for him in 1962. Wikipedia.