Content note: 1876 Hayes campaign songsheet cover with a period caricature of two Black youths. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Roll along, roll along, shout the campaign battle song
Cover of a Republican campaign song for Hayes, published by Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston (1876). Uncle Sam sits on a hay wain labelled 'Hayes' pulled by oxen carrying state names toward the Capitol; the wheel reads 'Hard Money Wheeler Gold Basis', the bridge crosses bags of 'Rag Money', and a banner reads 'A Good Honest Load of Hayes on the Way to Washington'. Two Black youths cheer from a fence, drawn in period caricature.
- Date
- 1876
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Oliver Ditson & Co.; J. H. Bufford's Sons (lithographers)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Grant Administration
- Leader
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1876 US Election
- Techniques
- Plain folksTransferName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1876); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
