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title: '''Little Mac.'' (from the Democratic presidential campaign songster)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/little-mac-song-sheet-feeks-1864/
description: Song sheet published in New York by J. F. Feeks (copyright 1864) 'from the Democratic Presidential Campaign Songster'.
section: Collection
---

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# 'Little Mac.' (from the Democratic presidential campaign songster)

Song sheet published in New York by J. F. Feeks (copyright 1864) 'from the Democratic Presidential Campaign Songster'. Its three verses and chorus present McClellan as the soldiers' choice ('Old Abe must clear the track'), mock Lincoln's 1861 Scotch cap, and call on voters to 'swell the votes'.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[From the Democratic Presidential Campaign Songster.]
'LITTLE MAC.'
" First in Peace, first in War, and first in the hearts
of his Countrymen"

By GEORGE! the soldiers swear, my boys,
  Old Abe must clear the track,
The people's choice is coming, boys,
  Hurrah! for "LITTLE MAC,"
Millions of volunteers, my boys,
  Our General's ranks are swelling;
He needs no drafted men, my boys,
  Our own GEORGE B. McCLELLAN.

CHORUS—Then swell the votes, then swell the votes,
  And sound the loud hurrah;
  Our General shall be first in Peace,
  As he was first in War.

Take home your Scottish Cap, Old Abe,
  Our man will hardly run,
If somewhere in the distance, boys,
  He hears a rebel gun;
For every soldier lad can tell,
  When we were closely prest,
Who proved himself on battle-field,
  The bravest, and the best.

  CHORUS—Then swell the votes, &c.

We want a different man, my boys,
  To rule the country's roost,
And he who's talked the least, my boys,
  Will likely do the most.
He's been an exile long enough,
  The people call him back;
We'll make the White House ring, my boys,
  With cheers for "LITTLE MAC."

  CHORUS—Then swell the votes, &c.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by J F. Feeks, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York.
J. F. FEEKS, 26 Ann Street, and 636 Broadway, New-York.
```

The printed '831' at lower left is a Library series number; the image is a low-resolution scan and a few words in the copyright line are hard to read.

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