The three nominees for the presidential candidate
 Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
 James Buchanan, a moderate
 Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
 From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
 He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

 Austere, severe, he held few people dear
 His oratory filled his foes with fear
 The factions soon agreed
 He's just the man we need
 To bring about victory
 Fulfill our manifest destiny
 And annex the land the Mexicans command
 And when the votes were cast the winner was
 Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

 In four short years he met his every goal
 He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
 Made sure the tarriffs fell
 And made the English sell the Oregon territory
 He built an independent treasury
 Having done all this he sought no second term
 But precious few have mourned the passing of
 Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
 Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump