The Presidents Song

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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
, ClevelandHarrison, 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).