Bryan

from American Love by Camden Joy

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I wrote this in 2012-2013, as part of my Presidential Coins project.

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Did you hear the candidates saying that they are on your side? Do you want some Chief Executive telling you such lies? William Jennings Bryan was most truly on your side because he did like each of you does: you lose but don’t give up.

Lost a race in ninety-four then again in eighteen ninety-six, nineteen hundred, and in aught-eight.
Lost, but never licked.

They loved him in the south and west but northerners thought him a pest. He felt a gold standard was best. They said, ah give it a rest. He did not care for businessmen, disagreed with Charles Darwin. He spoke for the common man and so he has been forgotten.

Lost a race in ninety-four then again in eighteen ninety-six, nineteen hundred, and in aught-eight.
Lost, but never licked.

When William Jennings Bryan spoke, he brought the working classes hope. He championed the farming folk and laid the wealthy low. No dollar coin will feature him, though he ran and ran again. Speaking for the common man, he couldn’t ever win.

Lost a race in ninety-four, then again in eighteen ninety-six, nineteen hundred, and in aught-eight.
Lost, but never licked.

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from American Love, released July 4, 2020
Drums by Lukas Lerner. Bass by Mark Lerner.

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lo-fi americana and caustic wit swirl about a 1970s suburban garage where a 1950s country band plays timeless originals and succinct gems.

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