As Jackson stepped back from the field of contention Van Buren stepped forward with noble intention Thought clever and cunning, a wily old fox Van Buren prepared to deliver some knocks But Van was the one who did feel the earth shaking By markets financial soon set all a-quaking When with a great bursting a real-estate bubble Collapsed and left fortunes of many in rubble Van Buren thus earned the unwelcome distinction Of being first president doomed to extinction By after-effects of a stock market blast Van B was the first but would not be the last Harrison Esq.