Get On The Raft With Taft 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 August 2010
2010

The time has come
the fight is on,
We've picked the man to run;
For President,
Ohio sent
her noble, worthy son.
The man we need,
the man to lead
our strong and mighty craft,
Through storm and sea,
to victory,
is William Howard Taft.

Get on the raft with Taft boys
Get in the winning boat,
The man worth while
with the big glad smile
will get the honest vote.
We'll save the country sure, boys,
From Bryan Hearst and graft;
So all join in,
we're sure to win!
Get on the raft with Taft!

The greatest man that ever ran
the greatest land on earth;
Is Teddy R., whose shining star
is only in it's birth.
We'd like some more of Theodore,
but Theodore has said,
That Taft was meant for President
to follow in his stead.

Get on the raft with Taft boys
Get in the winning boat,
The man worth while
with the big glad smile
will get the honest vote.
We'll save the country sure, boys,
From Bryan Hearst and graft;
So all join in,
we're sure to win!
Get on the raft with Taft!

His running mates from New York State,
We'll all give him a hand;
Our votes he'll get,
and you can bet
the second place he'll land.
Jim Sherman's square and always fair,
in due respect to him,
All democrats must doff their hats
to dear old "Sunny Jim"

Get on the raft with Taft boys
Get in the winning boat,
The man worth while
with the big glad smile
will get the honest vote.
We'll save the country sure, boys,
From Bryan Hearst and graft;
So all join in,
we're sure to win!
Get on the raft with Taft!

Of Bryan's bluff we've had enough,
He'd talk you deaf and blind.
The million trusts he's goin' to bust
are only in his mind.
Seems he has run since Washington
first started in the game,
If his legs were gone
he'd keep right on
a running just the same.

Get on the raft with Taft boys
Get in the winning boat,
The man worth while
with the big glad smile
will get the honest vote.
We'll save the country sure, boys,
From Bryan Hearst and graft;
So all join in,
we're sure to win!
Get on the raft with Taft!

Get on the raft with Taft boys
Get in the winning boat,
The man worth while
with the big glad smile
will get the honest vote.
We'll save the country sure, boys,
From Bryan Hearst and graft;
So all join in,
we're sure to win!
Get on the raft with Taft!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Get On The Raft With Taft 1908
"Campaign Song Of The People"
Music by Abe Holzmann
Lyrics by Harry D.Kerr
© MCMVIII by Leo Feist - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, london UK
on Wednesday 4 August 2010 at 17.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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