Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town, a - riding on a pony,

Father and I went down to camp along with Captain Gooding

And there we saw a thousand men as rich as Squire David,

The molasses they eat every day, would keep a house a winter;

And there I see a swamping gun large as a log of maple,

 

Stuck a feather in his hat, and called it macaroni.

And there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty pudding.

And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved.

They have so much, that I'll be bound, they eat it when they've mind ter.

Upon a deuced little cart, a load for father's cattle.

 

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

 

Yankee Doodle dandy,

 

Mind the music and the step,

 

And with the girls be handy.

 

 

 

 

*"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years'

War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. It has a

Roud Folk Song Index number of 4501 – www.wikipedia.org