#Bash, 151 bytes

Pretty much a straight port of [your own answer][1]

    t="teen-hundreds were a time for"
    for i in {a..y};{
    echo "The eigh$t rum.
    The nine$t fun.
    The two-thousands are a time to run
    a civilized classroom."
    }


  [1]: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/40233/11259