The Presidents of the United States!
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George Washington was the first in the line. |
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Next came Adams and he was just fine. |
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Jefferson bought Lousiana for you and me and sent an expedition there in 1803. |
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Madison fled the capital with First Lady Dolly while the British burned the White House and said it was jolly. |
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Monroe had a doctrine that kept Europe away, and we would force them out if they didn't obey. |
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John Quincy Adams was John Adam's Son. So far, this has happened to only this one. |
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Andrew Jackson was tough as could be, And that's they called him "Old Hickory."
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Martin Van Buren had a Dutch name.
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Harrison had a Log Cabin campaign. |
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Tyler became president when Harrison
died.
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Polk was a dark horse who went for a ride. |
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"Old Rough and Ready" fought the Mexican War But Zachary Taylor didn't last four. |
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Milliard Fillmore had a funny name.
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Franklin Pierce had no
better fame.
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James Buchanan let the south get away.
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Lincoln brought it back, and it's still here today. |
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Andrew Johnson had to be impeached. But two-thirds of the Senate votes couldn't be reached. |
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U.S. Grant had a name to be feared.
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Rutherford B. Hayes wore a long beard. |
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James A. Garfield was in the wrong place.
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Chester A Arthur had
a funny face.
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When a railroad strike stopped the U.S. mails, Cleveland's troops put the trains on the rails. |
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Benjamin Harrison wore his grandfather's hat. He served four years and that was that. |
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Grover Cleveland was really tough. He came back for more because he hadn't had enough. |
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McKinley has a claim to fame: Our highest mountain bears his name. |
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Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick, and he dug the canal with a shovel and a pick. |
| William Howard Taft weighed a ton. |
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| Woodrow Wilson won World War One. |
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Warren G. Harding made himself heard,
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but Silent Calvin Coolidge hardly ever said a word. |
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Herbert Hoover watched the stock market crash.
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt led the world's biggest clash. |
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Harry Truman dropped the big bomb.
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Eisenhower put us in Vietnam. |
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Kennedy, for a president, was very young.
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| Johnson took the oath on Air Force One. |
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Richard Nixon was not a crook.
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Ford let Nixon off the hook. |
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Jimmy Carter had a great big smile. But inflation caught up to him after a while. |
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Ronald Reagan built the economy
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but George Bush wouldn't eat his broccoli. |
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Bill Clinton put Lincoln's room up for sale. He said he tried it, but he didn't inhale. |
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Now it's another man's chance to have some fun, and the man dancing now is George Bush's son. He's got the same name, but don't let it trouble you; He's George W. Bush but you can call him "W".
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1/2001 - American History For Kids & For You