HISTORY LESSON FOR THE YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART
Many many years ago
Under the British rule
There was a man named George III
And what he did wasn’t cool
He taxed our tea, and then when he
Heard people cry out against it
He didn’t listen to them
And instead, he just got defensive
His monarchy turned to anarchy
With each growing frustration
The people had enough of his
Taxation without representation
So angrily, they threw their tea
Into the Boston Harbor
They marched away in protest
And then declared with much ardor:
“Your rule must end. O, royal ‘friend.’
Do not make us come back!”
He listened clear, for he had feared
He was under attack
And so, the time had come at last
For us to build a new nation
We called it the United States,
A land of innovation
With the birth of this new country
Came a new way to take charge
A way that we called “voting,”
Where the nation, by and large
Decided between presidents,
Instead of kings and queens,
Of who would win and who would lose
In our land of hopes and dreams
Here’s some more facts: at the max
They could serve for 8 years
That way, we could put aside
Any uneasy fears
Of what would happen if anyone
Took charge for too long
For in our great United States,
We tried hard to do no wrong
Now, no nation is perfect
We still have much to work out
But in the meantime,
At least we can know without a doubt
That our system of voting freed us
From a once oppressive reign
So maybe we can learn from this
How to live in peace again
