Columbus Day Comments

We bargained hard for Mississippi To be the Country line, Iowa was furious And said the West was mine, No one wanted Florida Except the Seminole, A land of snakes and crocodiles, If the truth be told; The Mexicans waged a brutal war Against The Gathering of Tribes, They had a tiff with Ferdinand When Cochise refused a bribe; Marijuana became the chief export Of Idaho to the East; The tonnage was in Clark’s Report Who got The Munchies at a feast; The Revolution petered put out In the cluttered colonies, Jefferson moved to Australia, Where the Aborigines were free; Newark became the Capital Of the Western British Isles Lincoln became a shoe salesman Famous for his smile.