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It is performed by Dot Warner, who attempts to sing about all the First-Ladies of the USA in two minutes, only to rush through them when she realizes she only has one minute left. Her self-imposed time limit is a reference to her brothers' famous songs "Yakko's World" and "Wakko's America," which also list several things (respectively countries and states) in under two minutes.
Dot, wishing to sing an educational list song similar to her brothers' ones, sings this self-written song about the First Ladies of the United States. But instead of simply listing them like her brothers did with the countries and states respectively, she gives long descriptions on the First Ladies for the 1st half of the song, meaning that by the halfway mark she's only sung 11/45 of them, forcing her to rush through the rest.
Some First Ladies who were the spouse of the President were missed:
Ellen Wilson, the first wife of Woodrow Wilson and the FLOTUS from 1913 to her death in 1914. She was the only actual FLOTUS and spouse of a President who is not mentioned in the song,
Due to the animation lead time Yakko acknowledged in the first season premiere, the song was unable to acknowledge the then-incoming 46th First Lady of the US, Jill Biden, who was sworn in exactly two months after the show's premiere, making the song officially outdated only two months after debuting.
Some First Ladies mentioned in the song never held the title, since they had died before their husbands assumed the office.
Martha Jefferson died in 1782. Her husband, Thomas Jefferson, later took office as the third POTUS in 1801.
Rachel Jackson died in 1828, a year before her husband, Andrew Jackson was inaugurated.
Hannah van Buren, who was not mentioned in the song, was the wife of Martin van Buren. She died in 1819 well before her husband became the President in 1837.
Ellen Arthur died in 1880. Her husband Chester A. Arthur succeeded to the office after James A. Garfield's assassination in 1881.
When the President did not have a spouse, the title of First Lady was assumed by someone else, usually a close relative.
Martha Jefferson Randolph was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson.
Martha Jefferson's portrait in the video was actually a portrait of Martha Jefferson Randolph. She didn't have any portraits made during her lifetime.
Emily Donelson was the niece of Andrew Jackson.
Sarah Jackson was the daughter-in-law of Andrew Jackson.
Angelica van Buren was the daughter-in-law of Martin van Buren.
Harriet Lane was the niece of James Buchanan, the only President never to have married.
Mary Arthur McElroy was the sister of Chester A. Arthur.
Mary Harrison was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison.
Several Presidents got married while in office. In the interim, there was a fill-in First Lady.
Priscilla Tyler was the daughter-in-law of John Tyler.
Rose Cleveland was the sister of Grover Cleveland.
Margaret Wilson was the daughter of Woodrow Wilson.
Dot throwing a living piece of paper into a printing press parodies the Schoolhouse Rock animation I'm Just a Bill.
When Dot sings the line "These were not just wives of presidents but patriots themselves," the outfit she wears is somewhat similar to Yakko's outfit in "The Presidents Song".
The song has 133 thousand streams, the 7th most streamed song of the album with an average of 220 streams daily (mid october 2024)
Errors[]
Martha Jefferson was the 12th First Lady that Dot mentioned, not the 11th.
If Hillary Clinton had become President then Bill's title would've been 'First Gentleman', not 'First Man'.
