Title: We Will Note Vote for Tilden 

Air: Benny Havens Ho

Lyrics: James Nicholson 

 
We will not vote for Tilden, because we never can
Believe that for a President, he is a proper man;
His party friends have ever been opposed to equal rights,
But Hayes will execute the laws for "blacks as well as whites."

 

Refrain —
No, Mr. Tilden please excuse Republicans this time,
We won't undo what Lincoln did—that work is too sublime.
That work is too sublime—that work is too sublime
We won't undo what Lincoln did—that work is too sublime.

 

We will not vote for Tilden, because he is allied
With men of basest morals, who to ruin us have tried:—
When slavery, with its fiery mouth, hissed treason all around,
Then Tilden's party, North and South, to sanction it were found.

 

Refrain— No, Mr. Tilden, c.

 

We will not vote for Tilden, we must protect ourselves,
Our workmen must not lay their tools away on dusty shelves:—
A rebel Congress, let us see what we might soon expect,
And, therefore, "Slippery Sam" we do as President reject.

 

Refrain —No, Mr. Tilden, c.

 

We will not vote for Tilden, his men in every State
Would bring the country to disgrace, for they repudiate
The honest payment of our debt, in perfect faith incurred
But Hayes and true Republicans are bound to keep their word.

 

Refrain —No, Mr. Tilden, c.

 

We will not vote for Tilden, and this is our excuse,
The noble minds throughout the land to vote for him refuse;
We cannot vote with men who would our Public Schools destroy,
And to subvert the Government their subtle powers employ.

 

Refrain —No, Mr. Tilden, c.