No. 09 · The Presidents
William Henry Harrison
1841
On March 4, 1841, Harrison took the oath of office and then proceeded to deliver, at one hour and 45 minutes, the longest inaugural address in the history of the presidency – in the cold, without a coat, hat or gloves. The cold he came down with after this speech developed into pneumonia a few weeks later, and Harrison died exactly one month into his term on April 4.
Lyrics
Capo 5 · Am, C
One hundred and five minutes
boring the crowd
Inauguration Day
One hundred and five minutes
Isn't it ironic
That he left this way?
without a coat
without a hat
he got real cold
and that was that
From the book, published 2009 · song & page updated
105 minutes