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Politics and Poker

Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
Politics and Poker

Subtitled “Songs to Get Elected By,” this collection of political campaign songs is ably performed by veteran Broadway and screen actor Howard Da Silva with assistance from the Ward Heelers. The selection of songs spans American presidential campaigns from Thomas Jefferson’s first campaign in 1800 to Thomas Dewey’s unsuccessful 1944 campaign. Two delightful, if cynical, songs from the Broadway musical Fiorello, “Politics and Poker” and “Little Tin Box,” and an original song, the calypso–accented “Vote for Me,” round out this collection.

Brief liner notes provide information about the songs.

Track Listing

101
Politics and Poker
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
04:07  
102
Wilson, That's All
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:40  
103
Jefferson and Liberty
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:49  
104
Row, Row, Row with Roosevelt
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:34  
105
Tilden and Reform
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
03:06  
106
White House Blues
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:43  
107
President Hoover March
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
03:03  
201
Little Tin Box
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
03:39  
202
Get on the Raft with Taft
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:27  
203
Lincoln and Liberty
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
02:25  
204
Do, Do, Do with Dewey
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:41  
205
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
00:50  
206
Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
02:27  
207
Grant-ed
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
01:04  
208
Vote for Me
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
02:35  
209
Politics and Poker (reprise)
Howard Da Silva and the Ward Heelers
00:39