A well-known (& I think popular) song from that series is the English Kings & Queens Song which cleverly fits in all the rulers of England from William I and Elizabeth. And I started to wonder whether you could do the same with the US Presidents...
The English Kings & Queens Presidents Song not by Horrible Histories
I'm Washington, my first name’s George
A true Virginian
A Founder of the USA
And the Constitution
A soldier and Republican
I set all my slaves free
Opposed to a dictatorship
A true Virginian
A Founder of the USA
And the Constitution
A soldier and Republican
I set all my slaves free
Opposed to a dictatorship
But enough about me
To help remember presidents
I've come up with this song
A simple rhyming ditty
For you all to sing along
Oh, Washington
(Bit short innit? We need more names. Who came next?)
John Adams, founding father
Lived to reach his ninetieth year
I took over, Jefferson
Also a friend of Washington
Then James Madison, & Monroe
Also called James, so now you know
John Quincy Adams? He’s six
Andrew Jackson called ‘Old Hick’
Martin Van Buren, and not forgotten
The shortest rule of William Harrison
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
Van Buren and Harrison
And now on with this song
To help remember presidents
I've come up with this song
A simple rhyming ditty
For you all to sing along
Oh, Washington
(Bit short innit? We need more names. Who came next?)
John Adams, founding father
Lived to reach his ninetieth year
I took over, Jefferson
Also a friend of Washington
Then James Madison, & Monroe
Also called James, so now you know
John Quincy Adams? He’s six
Andrew Jackson called ‘Old Hick’
Martin Van Buren, and not forgotten
The shortest rule of William Harrison
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
Van Buren and Harrison
And now on with this song
Tyler next both sides he vexed
James Polk he did great
Taylor holds third shortest rule
Fillimore lots did hate
From Polk’s party came Franklin Pierce
Who enjoyed his drinkin’
James Buchanan and then who else
But Abraham Lincoln
When he was gone, we got Johnson
Then came Grant or Ulysees
Garfield’s twenty and next you’ll see
Mr Rutherford Hayes
Then Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland’s a pain
Cause after Harrison we have
Grover Cleveland again
That’s right he had, two full terms
But they were not together
This shouldn’t be a big problem but
It spoils the numbers
But so what, much more we’ve got
Including McKinley
Now we’re up to 25 with
So much more to see
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
McKinley and now on
Roosevelt was president next
And why we name bears Ted
When William Taft, lost power he
Was Chief Justice instead
Then war did come, yes World War One
Wilson led us through this
Harding was grim and after him
Coolidge who we don’t miss
He helped enforce, the drinking laws
Hoover fought the depression
Wall Street crashed, there’s no more cash
But did we learn our lesson?
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft and then
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
More to come, it's still not over
And so began the World War Two gang
Roosevelt and Truman
Then Eisenhower soon rose to power
Cause peace was on his plan
John Kennedy died in 6 3
When shot by, an assassin
Lyndon Johnson took on from him
Then we see the rot set in (bang on)
President Nixon was vilified (in print)
And stepped down from the presidency
Ford took the role, a long-lived soul
And Jimmy Carter’s next you see
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt
James Polk he did great
Taylor holds third shortest rule
Fillimore lots did hate
From Polk’s party came Franklin Pierce
Who enjoyed his drinkin’
James Buchanan and then who else
But Abraham Lincoln
When he was gone, we got Johnson
Then came Grant or Ulysees
Garfield’s twenty and next you’ll see
Mr Rutherford Hayes
Then Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland’s a pain
Cause after Harrison we have
Grover Cleveland again
That’s right he had, two full terms
But they were not together
This shouldn’t be a big problem but
It spoils the numbers
But so what, much more we’ve got
Including McKinley
Now we’re up to 25 with
So much more to see
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
McKinley and now on
Roosevelt was president next
And why we name bears Ted
When William Taft, lost power he
Was Chief Justice instead
Then war did come, yes World War One
Wilson led us through this
Harding was grim and after him
Coolidge who we don’t miss
He helped enforce, the drinking laws
Hoover fought the depression
Wall Street crashed, there’s no more cash
But did we learn our lesson?
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft and then
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
More to come, it's still not over
And so began the World War Two gang
Roosevelt and Truman
Then Eisenhower soon rose to power
Cause peace was on his plan
John Kennedy died in 6 3
When shot by, an assassin
Lyndon Johnson took on from him
Then we see the rot set in (bang on)
President Nixon was vilified (in print)
And stepped down from the presidency
Ford took the role, a long-lived soul
And Jimmy Carter’s next you see
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt
Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson
Carter, Ford, Nixon
(No) Nix(on), Ford, Carter, Nix(on), Ford, Carter
(We’re into nineteen eighties, you know.)
Reagan & Bush
Clinton & Bush
Obama and Trump now
And so our US presidents
Are brought right up to now, oh
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt
Carter, Ford, Nixon
(No) Nix(on), Ford, Carter, Nix(on), Ford, Carter
(We’re into nineteen eighties, you know.)
Reagan & Bush
Clinton & Bush
Obama and Trump now
And so our US presidents
Are brought right up to now, oh
Washington, Adams, Jeff’son, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jack-son!
(Van) Buren, Harr’son, Tyler, Polk
Taylor, Fillimore, Pierce, Buch
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland’s one
Harrison, Cleveland’s two
(Mc)Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt
Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson (lord!)
Nixon, Carter, Ford,
Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush 2
Obama and with Trump we’re through
That's all the US presidents
Since Washington formed the government!
Nixon, Carter, Ford,
Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush 2
Obama and with Trump we’re through
That's all the US presidents
Since Washington formed the government!
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