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“Trying to Raise McGinty from the Bottom of the Sea”

Topic:
The Weighty Nominee: Grover Cleveland

Source:
Judge

Cartoonist:
Bernhard Gillam

Date:
July 16, 1892, pp. 40-41

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This cartoon is based on Joseph Flynn’s popular comic song (1889), “Down Went McGinty.” The lyrics tell of a foolish Irishman who fell off a wall, down a hole, into jail, and finally into the sea, where he died. It includes the penultimate lines,

Down went McGinty to the bottom of the sea

And he must be very wet for they haven’t found him yet

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