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#267-Chester Arthur (2003)
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Short little Ditty about our 21st president
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #280
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2002
Uploaded
March 07, 2010
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MP3 1.7 MB 128 kbps 1:49
Story behind the song
This is a short little ditty about our 21st president. Chester Arthur stated his private life was nobody's business but his own.Hhe would not have been happy being president today. He wasn't particularly happy then either. Recently a widower, he was seen bringing a bouquet of flowers to the White House which caused a minor scandal until it was realized he put them in front of his dead wife's photo. He was not a great president but was surprisingly progressive, passing civil service reform and as a young attorney prior to the civil war he represented an African American woman arguing she had a right to ride a train.
Lyrics
Chester Arthur sitting in the White House Wondering what to do Chester Arthur sitting in his White House Waiting for the Conkling crew If he goes out night or day Wearing his finery they all say "Chester Arthur sitting in his White House He's not like me or you" If only Ellen hadn't died just 20 months before Now all he has is a pretty picture by the door Chester Arthur out past midnight smoking and drinking gin Chester Arthur back after midnight staring at his dear Ellen If he brings fresh flowers there he hears That he's having a grand affair Chester Arthur in his white house he sure had a choice word or two "My private life ain't nobody's business but my own And this big old white house ain't just my office, it's my home" Chester Arthur sitting in his white house wondering what to do Chester Arthur sitting in his White House and he's feeling rather blue
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