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50 States Rhyme

The Presidents' Poem
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submitted by:
Donna Godfrey

I have been hunting this poem for so long.  My dear Aunt Emily used to teach the presidents through this poem.  I see it has been brought up to
date. Hope you all enjoy this.

George Washington leads them, the great and the true,
John Adams succeeds him and Jefferson too;
Madison follows, and fifth comes Monroe,
With John Quincy Adams and Jackson below.

The term of Van Buren to Harrison's leads;
Tyler, Polk, Taylor, then Fillmore succeeds.
Pierce and Buchanan, and Lincoln in turn,
Is followed by Johnson and Grant we discern.

Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, and Cleveland we score,
The Harrison is followed by Cleveland once more.
Then comes McKinley and the full dinner pail,
And one called "Teddy" who to Cuba did sail.

William Taft his government began
And Woodrow Wilson, a marvelous man;
Harding, Coolidge are next in the rhyme,
Then Hoover and the people had a very hard time.

FDR was great in both peace and war,
Truman was striving for what we were fighting for.
The former General Eisenhower
Brought the Republicans back to power.

John Kennedy's victory in the race
Was for the New Frontier in the Age of Space.
Lyndon Johnson led the people, the free and the brave,
With a goal to achieve and a country to save.

Nixon swore to uphold our creed
Of liberty, life and every man's need.
But by Nixon these rules were ignored,
So to take his place was President Ford.

Then came Carter with a cheery smile,
To run our country "Southern Style."
Then Carter's smile left his face,
And Reagan came to take his place.

Dutch" stayed two terms and Bush filled his station,
bringing with him a "kinder, gentler nation."

The 50 States Rhyme
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submitted by:
Shari A Grayczyk shariag@juno.com

My children and I learned the 50 states in rhyme off a cassette tape (without any label).  It goes like this:

While in school I studied, US geography.  The teacher asked "Will you stand up, and list the states for me?"  My knees began a knockin'.  My words fell out all wrong; then suddenly, I stood up and I sang this little song.

When I stood up, all outta breath, the teacher said, "That's great.  I am
impressed.  You were the best at listing all the states.  But if you
wantta get an A for that silly little rhyme, stand right up, and sing
that song, but do it double time.  (Then sing the song double fast)

My daughters absolutely LOVE to sing this song, especially in double
time.  They can say all of the states in 1 minute 13 seconds.  We know,
because they love to time themselves.

Alabama and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, and Connecticut and more.
Delaware, Florida, Georgia and Hawaii, Idaho.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, still 35 to go.

Kansas and Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine.  Maryland, Massachusetts, and good ole Michigan. 
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana, Nebraska's 27, number 28's Nevada.

Next, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and way down, New Mexico. 
Then New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, O - Hi - O. 

Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, now let's see.
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee. 

Texas, then there's Utah.
Vermont, I'm almost through.
Virginia, then there's Washington and West Virginia, too. 

Could Wisconsin be the last one in the 49.
No, Wyoming is the last state in the 50 states that rhyme.

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