A 1920 popular song.
Words by Eddie Cantor and Howard Johnson.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I love to mix, in politics
Like all the big men today
I know their tricks, all of their tricks
But I’ve got them beat ev’ry way
Now that they’re through with campaigning
I’ve a campaign of my own
For my election I’m training
At some pretty girl’s home
Chorus
I’m conducting a porch campaign
For an office in Lover’s Lane
Ev’ry night I make a speech
In a hammock to a cute little peach
They know just what I’m thinking of
When I mention the “League of Love”
I don’t care for liquor or the League Of Nations
All I want is women “without Reservations”
I’ve got love on the brain
I’m conducting a porch campaign
- Right on the morn, when I was born
Ma said I’d be President
Dad said that he knew I would be
Some big political gent
I ran for many an office
Always got beat ev’ry time
‘Till I got into the love race
That’s the place that I shine
Chorus
I’m conducting a porch campaign
And believe me I’m raising cain
Ev’ry night upon my coat
You’ll see traces of the suffragette vote
They know just what I’m thinking of
When I mention the “League of Love”
When it rains, to show them that I’m democratic
That’s the time I always take them in the attic
How I pray for the rain
I’m conducting a porch campaign
Sung here by Fred Feild: