Subject: Lyr Add: 88 LINES ABOUT 42 PRESIDENTS (D Neilsen)
From:
Michael in Swansea
Date: 16 Oct 00 - 10:20 AM
I don't know if this should be Lyric Add or not.
Anyway, looking for nothing in particular I came across THIS, a little ditty about 42 U.S. Presidents. With the election looming I thought you might like it, those who don't, please accept my apologies.
Read some of his other stuff. David Neilsen has got to be on something. I mean, why would he want to interview the planet Pluto?
Mike
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88 LINES ABOUT 42 PRESIDENTS
by David Neilsen
Washington proclaimed "We're neutral!"
created money, Bill of Rights.
Adams, with his Midnight Judges,
used XYZ to pick some fights.
Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark,
killed the slave trade, bought some land.
Madison's War of 1812
gave America the upper hand.
Monroe, who added five new states,
had a Doctrine, spread some joy.
J. Q. Adams abominationed,
said Amistad slaves were not a toy.
Jackson dealt with Peggy Eaton,
sent Cherokees on a Trail of Tears.
Van Buren didn't go to war,
but a panic fueled the nation's fears.
William Harrison got pneumonia,
died one month into his term.
Tyler annexed Texas,
while Succession made his mandates firm.
Polk went to war with Mexico,
and gave Vancouver to the Brits.
Taylor died of cholera;
his C. B. Treaty gave Demos fits.
Fillmore made a Compromise
and California became a state.
Pierce just made a Purchase,
but Bleeding Kansas filled his plate.
Buchanan let the South drift off,
while dealing with the Dred Scott truth.
Lincoln gave us Civil War,
Gettysburg and John Wilkes Booth.
Johnson Reconstructed,
was acquitted of Impeachment pains.
Grant, while incorruptible,
was marred by major scandal stains.
Hayes, who lost but won the office,
changed the reconstruction tune.
Garfield, though he meant well,
was assassinated by a loon.
Arthur reformed civil service,
excluded Chinese from the States.
Cleveland titled Indians,
made ICC for railroad rates.
Harrison didn't do that much,
he served his four long years and then
America took a look around
and elected Cleveland once again.
McKinley had an open door,
took a bullet, fought with Spain.
Roosevelt had a big stick,
but his canal's what brought about his fame.
Taft had Buck Diplomacy
and reigned over the highest court.
Wilson gave us prohibition,
for he was not the drinking sort.
Uh-uh, not Wilson.
Harding lived through Teapot Dome
but a fatal stroke caused him to cease.
Coolidge vetoed Farm Relief
and had us sign the Pact of Peace.
Hoover got America depressed
over a great big Crash.
FDR brought us back to war;
his New Deal healed us in a flash.
Truman United all the Nations,
welcomed Israel, dropped the bomb.
Eisenhower saw dominoes,
and stopped McCarthy with aplomb.
JFK began the Peace Corps,
dealt with Cuba, the Berlin Wall,
Was a champion of Civil Rights,
his death was mourned by one and all.
LBJ gave Voter's Rights,
but was bogged down on Vietnam's beach.
Nixon opened door to China,
but quit before he was impeached.
Ford pardoned Nixon, draft evaders,
was shot at twice during his term.
Carter drew up some accords,
but the hostage crisis made him squirm.
Reagan gave us Reaganomics,
and the Iran-Contra beast.
Bush gave us the New World Order,
and went to war in the Middle East.
Clinton survived Whitewater,
settled up with Paula Jones,
But Monica's impeachment
simply chilled Slick Willy to his bones.
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