Mr. Klaff has written around 200 songs - many of which are history songs. Here are the just some of the songs you have sung in class. Some of the songs are available for downloading - so you can cruise down Port Blvd with the top down, screaming out the lyrics to "Causes of the Civil War."

(Remember - songs and lyrics are ALL copyrighted!!!)

The Presidents Song

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Here is a song about your presidents. The White House would be their residence. Washington came first and he practiced neutrality.                                     Adams came second, XYZ conspiracy. Jefferson bought Louisiana to expand. Madison fought in 1812 with England. Monroe had his doctrine.                   Quincy Adams won with a corrupt bargain.
Jackson had a tariff and hated the bank.   Van Buren’s wardrobe seemed like a prank. Harrison’s nickname was Tippecanoe.    Tyler took over, when he turned blue.    Polk said fifty-four, forty or fight.       Taylor was the second Whig to die.   Fillmore and                                    Pierce expansion aggression.
Buchanan couldn’t stop secession.      Lincoln was the Great Emancipator.He saved the Union, but he paid for it later. Johnson was impeached for liberal reconstruction.                                Grant was inefficient he did nothin’.
Rutherford B Hayes didn’t do a lot.
Poor Garfield well he got shot.
Arthur,                                      Cleveland,                                   Harrison, were swell guys.
Cleveland got elected twice.
McKinley saw the sinking of the Maine..
TR busted trusts after fighting with Spain.
Taft was large, and got stuck in the door.
Wilson had the Great World War.
Harding and                                 Coolidge roared through the twenties.
Hoover had the nation counting their pennies.
FDR served ‘til 1945.
He did a New Deal, and won with the Allies.
Truman dropped the bomb and preached civil rights.
Eisenhower’s slogan was “I like Ike.”
JFK was shot during the Cold War.
Johnson had civil rights, but Vietnam gore.
After Watergate, Nixon would quit.
Ford was known for embarrassing trips.
Carter was a farmer in an energy crisis.
Reagan spent a lot on defensive devices.
George Bush started Operation Desert Storm.
Clinton was impeached and a blue dress was torn.
George W. Bush is number 43.
I think that’s enough song for me.