Presidential campaigns in the antebellum period featured countless partisan songs, usually set to well-known tunes, celebrating a party's candidates and lampooning the opposition. They rarely contained much ideological content. This piece is an 1860 Republican campaign song by F. A. Simpson set to an Old Irish tune that had been used for earlier campaign songs as well.

Lincoln and Liberty

Hurrah! for the choice of our nation, Our chieftain so brave and so true. We'll go for the great refonnation, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.
We'll go for the son of Kentucky, The hero of Hoosierdom through
The pride of the "Suckers". so lucky, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.

Our David's good ling in unerring, The slavocrat's giant he slew,
Tho' shout for the freedom preferring, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.
We'll go for the son of Kentucky,
The hero of Hooserdom through
The pride of the "Suckers" so lucky, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.

They'll find what by felling and mauling, Our railmaker statesman can do;
The people are everywhere calling
For Lincoln and Liberty, too.
We'll go for the son of Kentucky, c
The hero of Hoosierdom through
The pride of the "Suckers" so lucky, c
For Lincoln and Liberty, too.

Then up with our banner so glorious, The star-spangled red, white, and blue, We'll fight till our banner's victorious, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.
We'll go for the son ofKentucky,
The hero of Hoosierdom through
The pride of the "Suckers" so lucky, For Lincoln and Liberty, too.

F. A. Simpson.

In these years, Illinois was known as "the sucker state."