Where Greek and Latin he taught so free
He’s a candidate now for the Presidencee.
The song traces General Garfield’s history through ten stanzas, and closes in this moral and improving strain:—
Now boys who cherish ambitious schemes,
Though now you may be but drivers of teams,
Look well to the work you may chance to do,
And do it with a hand that is kind and true.
Whatever you do, do it faithfullee,
And you may aspire to the Presidencee.
From a United States pamphlet, entitled Republican Campaign Songs, 1880.