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Dick and Will and Charles and I / Were playing it was election day, / And I was running for president, / And Dick was a band that was going to play,
And Charles and Will were a street parade, / But Clarence came and said that he / Was going to run for president, / And I could run for school-trustee.
He made some flags for Charles and Will / And a badge to go on Dickie's coat. / He stood some cornstalks by the fence / And had them for the men that vote.
Then he climbed on a box and made a speech / To the cornstalk men that were in a row. / It was all about the dem-o-crats, / And "I de-fy any man to show."
And "I de-fy any man to say." / And all about "It's a big disgrace." / He spoke his speech out very loud / And shook his fist in a cornstalk's face.