Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TAMMANY HALL, 1819, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's a barrel of porter at tammany hall Last Line: Is that barrel of porter at tammany hall. Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Variant Title(s): Song Subject(s): New York City - 19th Century; Tammany Hall, New York City | ||||||||
There's a barrel of porter at Tammany Hall, And the bucktails are swigging it all the night long; In the time of my boyhood 'twas pleasant to call For a seat and cigar, 'mid the jovial throng. That beer and those bucktails I'll never forget; But oft, when alone, and unnoticed by all, I think, is the porter-cask foaming there yet? Are the bucktails still swigging at Tammany Hall? No! the porter was out long before it was stale, But some blossoms on many a nose brightly shone, And the speeches inspired by the fumes of the ale, Had the fragrance of porter when porter was gone. How much Cozzens will draw of such beer ere he dies Is a question of moment to me and to all; For still dear to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that barrel of porter at Tammany Hall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELECTION RETURNS AT TAMMANY HALL, 1819 by GULIAN VERPLANCK "THE TWEED RING, 1868" by ANONYMOUS ALNWICK CASTLE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK MARCO BOZZARIS by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK ODE TO FORTUNE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK RED JACKET by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK THE NATIONAL PAINTINGS: COL. TRUMBULL'S 'THE DECLARATION...' by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK A POET'S DAUGHTER by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK A SKETCH by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK BURLESQUE ADDRESS; ON OPENING OF NEW PARK THEATRE, 1821 by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK |
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