First stands the lofty Washington,

That noble, great immortal one.

The elder Adams next we see,

And Jefferson comes number three.

The fourth is Madison, you know,

The fifth one on the list, Monroe.

The sixth an Adams comes again,

And Jackson seventh in the train,

Van Buren eighth upon the line,

And Harrison counts number nine.

The tenth is Tyler, in his turn,

And Polk the eleventh as we learn.

The twelfth is Taylor that appears,

The thirteenth Fillmore fills his years.

Then Pierce comes fourteenth into view,

Buchanan is the fifteenth due.

Now Lincoln comes two terms to fill,

But God o'errules the people's will,

And Johnson fills the appointed time,

Cut short by an assassin's crime.

Next Grant assumes the lofty seat,

The man who never knew defeat.

Two terms to him; then Hayes succeeds,

And quietly the nation leads.

Garfield comes next, the people's choice;

But soon ascends a mourning voice From every hamlet in the land.

A brutal wretch with murderous hand Strikes low the country's chosen chief,

And anxious millions, plunged in grief,

Implore in vain Almighty aid,

That death's rude hand might yet be stayed.

Kind Arthur's term was then begun,

Which made the number twenty-one.

Stout Cleveland next the honors won And then the second Harrison,

Until the nation's voice again Called Cleveland as its man of men;

The twenty-fourth in order he All champions brave of Liberty.

Sovereigns of England since the Norman conquest:

Two Williams, Henry, Stephen, Henry, Dick, John, Hal, three Neds, Richard and three Hals quick, Two Edwards, Richard, two Harrys and a Ned, Mary, Bess, James and Charles who lost his head, Charles, James, Will, Ann, four Georges and a Bill, And Queen Victoria who is reigning still.