The Amendment The Amendment SongSong

sung to the tune of sung to the tune of

““The 12 Days of Christmas”The 12 Days of Christmas”

The first amendment to the The first amendment to the Constitution says....freedom Constitution says....freedom

of religion, speech, and of religion, speech, and press. press.

(freedom of religion, (freedom of religion, speech, and press)speech, and press)

The second part of the first The second part of the first amendment amendment

says....peacefully assembly says....peacefully assembly & say any crazy thing you & say any crazy thing you

likelike

(Assemble and be nice, say (Assemble and be nice, say any crazy think you like! )any crazy think you like! )

The second amendment to The second amendment to the Constitution says....right the Constitution says....right

to bear armsto bear arms(Here’s my gun freeze!)(Here’s my gun freeze!)

The third amendment to the The third amendment to the Constitution says....soldiers Constitution says....soldiers

get out, please.get out, please.(Soldiers get out please )(Soldiers get out please )

The fourth amendment to The fourth amendment to the Constitution the Constitution

says....Where’s your says....Where’s your warrant, please?warrant, please?

(Where’s your warrant, (Where’s your warrant, please?)please?)

The fifth amendment to the The fifth amendment to the Constitution says....Don’t rat Constitution says....Don’t rat

on yourself?on yourself?(Don't rat on yourself)(Don't rat on yourself)

The sixth amendment to the The sixth amendment to the Constitution says....right to Constitution says....right to

a quick triala quick trial(Right to a quick trial)(Right to a quick trial)

The seventh amendment to The seventh amendment to the Constitution says....jury the Constitution says....jury

trial in civil casestrial in civil cases(Jury trial in civil cases)(Jury trial in civil cases)

The eighth amendment to The eighth amendment to the Constitution the Constitution

says....don’t lock me in dark says....don’t lock me in dark placesplaces

(Don't lock me in dark (Don't lock me in dark places!)places!)

The ninth amendment to The ninth amendment to the Constitution the Constitution

says....powers of the peoplesays....powers of the people(Powers of the people)(Powers of the people)

The tenth amendment to The tenth amendment to the Constitution says....the the Constitution says....the

states have rights toostates have rights too(States have rights, too!)(States have rights, too!)

The eleventh amendment to The eleventh amendment to the Constitution says....suits the Constitution says....suits

against statesagainst states(Suits against states)(Suits against states)

The twelfth amendment to The twelfth amendment to the Constitution the Constitution

says....election of the Pres.says....election of the Pres.(Election of the Pres.)(Election of the Pres.)

The thirteenth amendment The thirteenth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....slavery is invalidsays....slavery is invalid(Slavery is invalid)(Slavery is invalid)

The fourteenth amendment The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....equal rights for allsays....equal rights for all(Equal rights for all)(Equal rights for all)

The fifteenth amendment to The fifteenth amendment to the Constitution says....all the Constitution says....all

races get the ballotraces get the ballot(All races get the ballot)(All races get the ballot)

The sixteenth amendment The sixteenth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....Congress can take says....Congress can take taxestaxes

(Congress can take taxes)(Congress can take taxes)

The seventeenth The seventeenth amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....we elect Constitution says....we elect Senators tooSenators too

(We elect Senators, too!)(We elect Senators, too!)

The eighteenth amendment The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....alcohol will kill yousays....alcohol will kill you(Alcohol will kill you)(Alcohol will kill you)

The nineteenth amendment The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....women vote like men says....women vote like men dodo

(Women vote like men do)(Women vote like men do)

The twentieth amendment The twentieth amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says ....terms of office, Pres. says ....terms of office, Pres. and Congressand Congress

(Terms of office, Pres. & (Terms of office, Pres. & Congress)Congress)

The twenty-first amendment The twenty-first amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution

says....we can drink now, says....we can drink now, WOW!WOW!

(We can drink now, WOW!)(We can drink now, WOW!)

The twenty-second The twenty-second amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....only 2 Constitution says....only 2 terms nowterms now

(Only two terms now)(Only two terms now)

The twenty-third The twenty-third amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....DC’s got Constitution says....DC’s got the votethe vote

(DC’s got the vote)(DC’s got the vote)

The twenty-fourth The twenty-fourth amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....pay to Constitution says....pay to vote no morevote no more

(Pay to vote no more)(Pay to vote no more)

The twenty-fifth The twenty-fifth amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....If Constitution says....If Obama dies, we've got Joe.Obama dies, we've got Joe.(If Obama dies, we've got (If Obama dies, we've got

Joe)Joe)

The twenty-sixth The twenty-sixth amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....we can Constitution says....we can die, we can votedie, we can vote

(We can die, we can vote)(We can die, we can vote)

The twenty-seventh The twenty-seventh amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says...Congress Constitution says...Congress wants more moneywants more money

(Congress wants more (Congress wants more money )money )

The twenty-third The twenty-third amendment to the amendment to the

Constitution says....DC’s got Constitution says....DC’s got the votethe vote

(DC’s got the vote)(DC’s got the vote)

Updated 2011Updated 2011