"Adams and Liberty" is considered the first significantcampaign song in American political history, and served to support incumbent FederalistJohn Adams in the1800 United States presidential election.
The lyrics are fromRobert Treat Paine, Jr., to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven" (the same tune as the patriotic song and future national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner".)
The country is poetically referred to asColumbia, and enduring national greatness depends on avoiding the evils ofmercantilism, French alliances (seeXYZ Affair), andpolitical faction. Other songs were used in subsequent presidential campaigns.[1]
