Listen to this classical American Revolutionary song called ‘Yankee Doodle’
‘Yankee Doodle’ is a well-known American song, the early versions of which date to before the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.
It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. The melody is thought to be much older than both the lyrics and the subject, going back to folk songs of Medieval Europe.
LYRICS
Yankee Doodle came to town
Riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni.
Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Goodwood,
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.
Chorus
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And there they'd fife away like fun
And play on cornstalk fiddles
And some had ribbons red as blood
All bound around their middles.
Chorus
And there was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
A-giving orders to his men
I guess there was a million.
Chorus
And there I see a little keg,
Its head were made of leather
They knocked upon with little sticks
And called the folks together.
Chorus
And there they had a swamping gun
As big as a log of maple
On a mighty little cart
A load for father's cattle.
Chorus
And every time they fire it off
It took a horn of powder
It made a noise like father's gun
Only a nation louder.
Chorus
It scared me so, I hooked it off,
Nor stopped, as I remember,
Nor turned about till I got home,
Locked up in mother's chamber.