(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) The Wide Awake Vocalist; or Rail Splitters

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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) The Wide-Awake Vocalist; or, Rail Splitters' Song Book: Words and Music for the Republican Campaign of 1860. Oblong 12mo, original printed wrappers, moderate wear. New York: E.A. Daggett, [1860]

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A book of songs to rally Lincoln's first presidential campaign. Among the dozens of tunes are "Get out de Way, You Little Giant," "High Old Abe Shall Win," "O Poor Douglas" (sung to the tune of "O Susanna"), and, for the many German-American voters, "Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland." "The March of the Free" is attributed to Horace Greeley, "Seventy-Six" to William Cullen Bryant, and "Up for the Conflict" to John Greenleaf Whittier. Many songs are printed with music, including harmony parts. Monaghan Lincoln 91.