Rediscovered John McCain songbook: "My Fellow Prisoners," 1929.


Ethan Persoff, the comics archivist who collects weird and disturbing ephemera from all our yesteryears, says:

In June we'd made the claim to displaying the oldest known piece of John McCain memorabilia, the 1934 Obliging Lady Tijuana Bible. Retraction: It's now come to our shock and surprise that an older item exists. Fortunately we were able to find a copy and have scanned it in for your historic investigation.

Presenting the 1929 "MY FELLOW PRISONERS" John McCain Song Sheet. Many were taken slightly aback by McCain's utterance of the 'my fellow prisoners' gaff during a campaign rally last week. But that's because they aren't aware of his 80 year history with the phrase.

Here we offer a brief report, including an interview with McCain himself And here is a direct link to large scans of the 5-page item in question.

Endorsed and Approved by The Republican National Committee, copyright 1929 M. Witmark & Sons. Lyrics and Music by John S. McCain.