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The presidents song

THE PRESIDENTS SONG (Episode 75)
Lyrics by Randy Rogel.Sung to the William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini.Verses preceded by an asterisk (*) are original lyrics heard on the Variety Pack album, replaced on television by the previous listed verse.
Yakko: Heigh ho, do you know
The names of the U.S. residents
Who then became the presidents
And got a view from the White House loo
Of Pennsylvania Avenue?Wakko: George Washington was the first, you see
He once chopped down a cherry tree
Dot : President number two would be
John Adams and then number three* Yakko: George Washington was the first, you see* He once chopped down a cherry tree* Dot : President number two would be* John Adams and then number three
Yakko: Tom Jefferson stayed up to write
The Declaration late at night
So he and his wife had a great big fight
And she made him sleep on the couch all night* Yakko: 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
Wakko: James Madison never had a son
And he fought the War of 1812
Dot : James Monroe's colossal nose
Was bigger than Pinocchio'sYakko: John Quincy Adams was number six
And it's Andrew Jackson's butt he kicks
So Jackson learns to play politics
Next time he's the one that the country picks
Dot : Martin Van Buren, number eight
For a one-term shot as Chief of StateYakko: William Harrison, how do you praise?
That guy was dead in thirty days
Wakko: John Tyler, he liked country folk
Dot : And after him came President PolkYakko: Zachary Taylor liked to smoke
His breath killed friends whenever he spoke
Wakko: Eighteen fifty, really nifty
Millard Fillmore's in
Yakko: Young and fierce was Franklin PierceThe man without a chin
Dot : Follows next a period spannin'Four long years with James BuchananThen the South starts shootin' cannon
And we've got a civil warYW+
D : A war, a war down south in DixieYakko: Up to bat comes old Abe LincolnDot : There's a guy who's really thinkin'Wakko: Kept the United States from shrinkin'Saved the ship of state from sinkin'Dot : Andrew Johnson's next
He had some slight defects
Wakko: Congress each
Would impeach
Dot : And so the country now elects
Yakko: Ulysses Simpson GrantWho would scream and rave and rant
Wakko: While drinking whiskey
Although risky'Cause he'd spill it on his pants
Yakko: It's eighteen seventy-seven
And the Democrats would gloat
But they're all amazed when Rutherford HayesWins by just one vote
Dot : James Garfield, someone really hated'Cause he was assassinated
Wakko: Chester Arthur gets instated
Four years later, he was traded
Dot : For Grover Cleveland, really fat
Elected twice as a DemocratThen Benjamin Harrison; after thatIt's William McKinley up to bat
Yakko: Teddy Roosevelt charged up San Juan HillWakko: And President Taft, he got the bill
Yakko: In 1913 WoodrowYW+D : Wil......son takes us into World War OneYakko: Warren Harding next in line
Dot : It's Calvin Coolidge; he does fine
Wakko: And then in nineteen twenty-nine
The market crashes, and we find* Yakko: Warren Harding, he does fine* Dot : It's Calvin Coolidge next in line* Wakko: And then in nineteen twenty-nine* The market crashes, and we find
Yakko: It's Herbert Hoover's big debut
He gets the blame and loses to
Dot : Franklin Roosevelt, president who
Helped us win in World War TwoWakko: Harry Truman, weird little human
Serves two terms and when he's done
Yakko: It's Eisenhower who's got the power
From fifty-three to sixty-one
Dot : John Kennedy had CamelotThen Lyndon Johnson took his spot
Yakko: Richard Nixon, he gets caught
And Gerald Ford fell down a lot* Dot : John F. Kennedy, he gets shot* So Lyndon Johnson takes his spot* Yakko: Richard Nixon, he gets caught* And Gerald Ford fell down a lot
Wakko: Jimmy Carter liked campaign trips
Yakko: And Ronald Reagan's speeches' scripts
All came from famous movie clips
And President Bush said "read my lips"
Dot : Now in Washington D.C.Wakko: There's Democrats and the G.O.P.Yakko: But the ones in charge are plain to see
Dot : The Clintons, Bill and Hillary* Dot : Now in Washington D.C.* Wakko: There's Democrats and the G.O.P.* Yakko: But the one in charge is plain to see* Dot : It's Clinton, first name HillaryYakko: The next President to lead the way
Well, it just might be yourself one day
Then the press'll distort everything you sayYW+
D : So jump in your plane and fly away
Transcribed by Steve Kramer