The Presidents Song by The Animaniacs (TESOL Songsheet)

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The Presidents Song by The Animaniacs (1995)

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High ho! Do you know the names of the US residents who then became the presidents and got a view from the White House loo of Pennsylvania Avenue?
George Washington was the first, you see
He once chopped down a cherry ___________
President number two would be
John Adams and then Number ___________
Tom Jefferson stayed up to write
The Constitution late at night
So he and his wife had a great big fight
And she made him sleep on the couch all ___________
James Madison never had a son
then he fought the War of 1812
James Monroe's colossal nose
Was bigger than Pinocchio’s
John Quincy Adams was number ___________
And it's Andrew Jackson's butt he kicked
So Jackson learns to play politics
Next time he's the one that the country picks
Martin Van Buren number eight
For a one term shot as chief of state
William Harrison, how do you praise
That guy was dead in thirty ___________!
John Tyler he liked country folk
And after him came President Polk
Zachary Taylor liked to smoke
His breath killed friends whenever he spoke
1850, really nifty
Millard Fillmore's in
Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce
The man without a chin
Follows next a period spanning
Four long years with James Buchanan
Then the South start shooting cannon
And we've got a civil ___________
A war!  A war down south in Dixie!
Up to bat comes old Abe Lincoln
There's a guy who's really thinking

Kept the United States from shrinking
Saved the ship of state from sinking
Andrew Johnson's next
He had some slight defects
Congress each would impeach
And so the county now elects
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Who would scream and rave and rant
While drinking whiskey
Although risky
Cause he'd spill it on his pants
It's 1877 and the democrats would gloat
But they're all amazed when Rutherford Hayes
Wins by just one vote
James Garfield, someone really ___________
Cause he was assassinated
Chester Arthur gets instated
Four years later he was traded
For Grover Cleveland, really ___________
Elected twice as a democrat
Then Benjamin Harrison after that
It's William McKinley up at bat
Teddy Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill
And President Taft he got the bill
In 1913 Woodrow Wiiilllllllson
Takes us into World War ___________
Warren Harding next in line

It's Calvin Coolidge he does fine

And then in 1929
The market crashes and we find
It's Herbert Hoover's big debut
He gets the blame and loses to
Franklin Roosevelt, President who
Helped us win in World War ___________
Harry Truman, weird little human
Serves two terms and when he's done
It's Eisenhower who's got the ___________
From '53 to '61
John Kennedy had Camelot
Then Lyndon Johnson took his spot
Richard Nixon he gets caught
And Gerald Ford fell down a ___________
Jimmy Carter liked campaign trips
And Ronald Regan's speeches' scripts
All came from famous movie clips
And President Bush said "read my lips"
Now in Washington D.C.
It's Democrats and the G.O.P.
But the ones in charge are plain to see
The Clintons, Bill and Hillary
The next President to lead the way
Well, it just might be yourself one day
Then the press'll distort everything you ___________
So jump in your plane and fly away

Answers:

High ho! Do you know, The names of the US residents
Who then became the presidents
And got a view from the White House loo
Of Pennsylvania Avenue
George Washington was the first, you see
He once chopped down a cherry tree
President number two would be
John Adams and then Number three
Tom Jefferson stayed up to write
The Constitution late at night
So he and his wife had a great big fight
And she made him sleep on the couch all night
James Madison never had a son
then he fought the War of 1812
James Monroe's colossal nose
Was bigger than Pinocchio’s
John Quincy Adams was number six
And it's Andrew Jackson's butt he kicked
So Jackson learns to play politics
Next time he's the one that the country picks
Martin Van Buren number eight
For a one term shot as chief of state
William Harrison, how do you praise
That guy was dead in thirty days!
John Tyler he liked country folk
And after him came President Polk
Zachary Taylor liked to smoke
His breath killed friends whenever he spoke
1850, really nifty
Millard Fillmore's in
Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce
The man without a chin
Follows next a period spanning
Four long years with James Buchanan
Then the South start shooting cannon
And we've got a civil war
A war!  A war down south in Dixie!
Up to bat comes old Abe Lincoln
There's a guy who's really thinking

Kept the United States from shrinking
Saved the ship of state from sinking
Andrew Johnson's next
He had some slight defects
Congress each would impeach
And so the county now elects
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Who would scream and rave and rant
While drinking whiskey
Although risky
Cause he'd spill it on his pants
It's 1877 and the democrats would gloat
But they're all amazed when Rutherford Hayes
Wins by just one vote
James Garfield, someone really hated
Cause he was assassinated
Chester Arthur gets instated
Four years later he was traded
For Grover Cleveland, really fat
Elected twice as a democrat
Then Benjamin Harrison after that
It's William McKinley up at bat
Teddy Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill
And President Taft he got the bill
In 1913 Woodrow Wiiilllllllson
Takes us into World War One
Warren Harding next in line

It's Calvin Coolidge he does fine

And then in 1929
The market crashes and we find
It's Herbert Hoover's big debut
He gets the blame and loses to
Franklin Roosevelt, President who
Helped us win in World War Two
Harry Truman, weird little human
Serves two terms and when he's done
It's Eisenhower who's got the power
From '53 to '61
John Kennedy had Camelot
Then Lyndon Johnson took his spot
Richard Nixon he gets caught
And Gerald Ford fell down a lot
Jimmy Carter liked campaign trips
And Ronald Regan's speeches' scripts
All came from famous movie clips
And President Bush said "read my lips"
Now in Washington D.C.
It's Democrats and the G.O.P.
But the ones in charge are plain to see
The Clintons, Bill and Hillary
The next President to lead the way
Well, it just might be yourself one day
Then the press'll distort everything you say
So jump in your plane and fly away