Without further ado - The President's Rap:
These are the presidents. Mighty, mighty presidents. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
The Father of our Country, George Washington was "one."
"Two" was John Adams, then Thomas Jefferson. Then
was James Madison, and also James Monroe.
And John Quincy Adams was number six, you know.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh in line.
Then Martin Van Buren followed Andy's time.
William Henry Harrison was next at number nine.
John Tyler, James Polk; the states were doin' fine.
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce;
As James Buchanan left, things were getting pretty fierce.
Abraham Lincoln went to war so we could be
One nation living in peace and liberty.
Andrew Johnson was the boss in those days, Then
Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. James A.
Garfield was the twentieth dude,
And Chester A. Arthur showed his aptitude.
Grover Cleveland was the president then.
Then Benjamin Harrison, and Grover went again.
William McKinley demonstrated his skill,
Then Theodore Roosevelt charged up the hill.
The next in line was William Howard Taft.
Then Woodrow Wilson got to try his craft.
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover:
All of them presidential shakers and movers.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, a truly great man,
And Harry S. Truman took the mantle of command.
Dwight D. Eisenhower followed close behind.
And John F Kennedy, whose fate was underlined.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford:
All recent presidents that hist'ry will record.
Then Jimmy Carter lived on Pennsylvania Avenue.
And Ronald Reagan lived there, for not one term, but two
In nineteen eighty-eight came a presidential push.
A kinder, gentler nation elected George Bush.
In nineteen ninety-two and in nineteen ninety-six,
We added Bill Clinton to the presidential mix.
Happy 4th, everybody!
1 comment:
I am such a bad American - I never learned this! I can, however, tell you:
William William Henry Steven Henry Richard John Henry Edward Edward Edward Richard
(can't remember what comes next but that gets us to the late 14th century.)
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