A radical view of the Democratic Convention: July, 1868

Song ridicules the Democratic Convention and its chosen candidates, praising the Republican candidates Grant and Colfax. Song ridicules the Democratic Convention and its chosen candidates, praising the Republican candidates Grant and Colfax. At right of title caricature of two joined heads, one captioned: Nominated and the other, upside down, captioned: Defeated. These are probably Horatio Seymour, the Democratic nominee for president, and either the vice-presidential candidate F.P. Blair or one of the defeated candidates for the presidential nomination. To be sung to the tune: Wee Davy's barn. Text of song in eleven four-line stanzas with chorus beginning: Right fal the dal la, &c. At end of text below rule: By R.B. Nicol, 271 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.