U.S. Presidents Mentioned in Popular Songs

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Irving Berlin’s Depression-era hit “Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee”:

"Let a smile be your umbrella
For it’s just an April shower
Even John D. Rockefella’
Is looking for the silver lining.

Mr. Herbert Hoover says now’s the time to buy,
So let’s have another cup of coffee
And let’s have another piece of pie"

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Oh! There’s also “Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones.”

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James Garfield, in Johnny Cash’s Mr. Garfield.