The Day the Presidents Died

'Twas the fifth day of the first month Calvin Coolidge passed away
Theodore Roosevelt, on the sixth, his heart beat stopped that day
The 17th, in '93, Rutherford B. Hayes died
The next day in January, John Tyler ended his ride
The 22nd, Lyndon Johnson, uttered his last word
Woodrow Wilson lost his life on February 3rd
John Quincy Adams, the 23rd, he would speak no more
On the 8th of March, Millard Fillmore, gone at 74

March 8th, 1930, William H. Taft passed on
The 13th of March, Wednesday was Benjamin Harrison's
Then, on the 28th, Dwight Eisenhower's life was done
William Harrison succumbed April 4th, 1841
Now, FDR, April the 12th's when he'd feel no more pain
Abe Lincoln, on April 15th was when the angels came
The 22nd, Richard Nixon's life came to an end
James Buchanan died June 1st, with angels, he'd ascend

The 5th is when Ronald Reagan slipped beyond his earthly bounds
And Andrew Jackson, on the 8th, murmured not one more sound
It was the 15th of June that James Polk didn't wake, they say
Grover Cleveland, June 24th was his final day
James Madison's soul would ascend the 28th of June
Tom Jefferson would die on July the 4th, around noon
Hours later, John Adams' life ended, sad, without a doubt
Five years later, James Monroe, the 4th, his spark went out

In '50, Zachary Taylor passed on the 9th of July
Ulysses Grant, the 23rd of that month, he would die
Martin Van Buren, July 24th, was deceased
The 31st, Andrew Johnson's life over, rest in peace
Warren Harding left the world behind on August 2
The 14th, William McKinley, his mortal life was through
James Garfield, on the 19th, entered the afterlife
Franklin Pierce, October 8th, in heaven, joined his wife

Herbert Hoover's life ended October 20th
November 18th's when Chester Arthur took his last breath
John F. Kennedy, the 22nd, his soul took flight
George Bush, senior, the 30th, he stepped into the light
George Washington's, December 14th, gone was his essence
The 26th, Harry Truman, no longer in our presence
Last, Gerald Ford, also the 26th, he crossed the fence
These were the days life ended for all of the Presidents