CHILDREN’S SONGS: THE PRESIDENTS DAY SONG
President's Day is the Third Monday in February
The Presidents Song
The Presidents Song
From Joy Hinton sung to the tune of
"10 Little Indian Boys"
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren,
Harrison, Tyler, Polk and Taylor,
Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan.
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes,
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison,
McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover.
Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter.
Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush.
(There are three more, our last 4 presidents)
Q=quarter note, E=eighth note, W=whole note.
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E
D D D D D D M S S M M D
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q
R R R R R R T R R T T S
E E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q
D D D D D D D M S S M M D
Q E E E E Q W
S F F M M R D
Reagan, Bush, Clinton & Bush!
EEQEEQW
SSFMMRD
Of course, you'll have to fudge (fit) the rhythm in some places, but I hope you enjoy it. My 2nd graders even sung it on a program many moons ago. I try to teach it slowly, doing a verse at a time until they know it, but they make me go faster. It becomes a real challenge for them and a little competition to see which class can learn it faster.
Joy
From "Matthew Perkins" 7/14/05
Subject: The Presidents Song comments
I learned this song way back in elementary school in the 70's. It is sung to the tune of "10 Little Indians." I may have learned it from my mom, who taught Kindergarten or 1st grade at the time. She seemed to have all kinds of songs for school kids to learn.
I wanted to write in to contact Joy Hinton and you about tweaking the song listed. I learned it slightly differently, and I think the melody flows' better. It also lets you know how many presidents we have. When I originally learned it, Jimmy Carter was the 39th President at the end of the song, so I basically had to 'modify' the ending. Here it
is:
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, Adams, Jackson, VanBuren,
Harrison, Tyler, Polk and Taylor,
Filmore, Pierce and Buchanan.
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes,
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison,
Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft,
And - Woodrow Wilson.
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt,
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan,
Bush, Clinton and Bush -
- are the 43 Presidents. (this line is the same tune/beat as the previous line of 'Bush, Clinton, and Bush')
The ending used to be smoother when there were 39 Presidents, but this still works. I am actually thinking of trying out playing it on the guitar with the words to help me remember it better, and then I can give t to a lady at work.
Thanks and have a good day. - Matt P.
The Presidents Song Sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
Washington was first and then came
Adams and Tom Jefferson
Madison, Monroe and Adams
Jackson and Van Buren
Harrison, Tyler, Polk and Taylor
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes and
Garfield ruled the land then.
Arthur was the 21st and
22 was Cleveland
Harrison was 23 and
back came President Cleveland
McKinley and then Roosevelt
Taft and Woodrow Wilson
Harding and then Coolidge and then
maybe someday you can.
The Presidents Song Lyrics by Randy Rogel. Sung to the William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini. Lyrics
Animaniacs song about real facts of the presidents. one of the best cartoon useful songs ever.
Racial History
The original piece, "Ten Little Indians (Originally called "Ten Little Ni/x/x/x/rs also called "10 Little Injuns" (1868) , was written by songwriter Septimus Winner in the 1860's for a minstrel show and was much more elaborate.
