James Hilary Mulligan

James Hilary Mulligan (November 21, 1844 – July 1, 1915) was a judge, politician, and poet from Kentucky. Quotes The song birds are the sweetest        In Kentucky;The thoroughbreds are the fleetest        In Kentucky;Mountains tower proudest,Thunder peals the loudest,The landscape is the grandest —And politics — the damnedest        In Kentucky. "In Kentucky", st. 7. Reprinted from The Lexington Herald (February 12, 1902) in John Wilson Townsend (ed.) Kentucky in American Letters, vol. 1 (Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, 1913) p. 351. Editor's note: "It has been parodied a thousand times, reproduced in almost every newspaper in English, illustrated, and at least one Kentuckian has heard it chanted by an Englishman in the shadow of the Pyramids in Egypt!" External links Category:Judges from the United States Category:Politicians from Kentucky Category:Poets from Kentucky Category:1844 births Category:1915 deaths