“Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!”
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
Canto II, stanza 19. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
“I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.”
When asked what his favorite song was, as quoted in The Ultimate Book of Useless Information (2007) by Noel Botham
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