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