Here is a song about
your presidents. The White House would be their residence.
Washington came first and he practiced neutrality. Adams came second, XYZ conspiracy.
Jefferson bought
Louisiana to expand.
Madison fought in 1812 with England.
Monroe had his doctrine.
Quincy Adams won with a corrupt bargain.
Jackson had a tariff and hated the bank.
Van
Buren’s wardrobe seemed like a prank.
Harrison’s nickname
was Tippecanoe.
Tyler took over, when he
turned blue.
Polk said fifty-four, forty or
fight. Taylor was the
second Whig to die.
Fillmore and
Pierce expansion aggression.
Buchanan couldn’t stop secession.
Lincoln was the Great Emancipator.He saved the Union, but he
paid for it later.
Johnson was impeached for liberal
reconstruction.
Grant was inefficient he did nothin’.
Rutherford B Hayes didn’t do a lot.
Poor Garfield well he got shot.
Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, were swell guys.
Cleveland got elected twice.
McKinley saw the sinking of the Maine..
TR busted trusts after fighting with Spain.
Taft was large, and got stuck in the door.
Wilson had the Great World War.
Harding and Coolidge roared through the twenties.
Hoover had the nation counting their pennies.
FDR served ‘til 1945.
He did a New Deal, and won with the Allies.
Truman dropped the bomb and preached civil rights.
Eisenhower’s slogan was “I like Ike.”
JFK was shot during the Cold War.
Johnson had civil rights, but Vietnam gore.
After Watergate, Nixon would quit.
Ford was known for embarrassing trips.
Carter was a farmer in an energy crisis.
Reagan spent a lot on defensive devices.
George Bush started Operation Desert Storm.
Clinton was impeached and a blue dress was torn.
George W. Bush invaded Iraq.
The first black President was Barack (Obama). |