Yankee Doodle - Robert Shaw

Yankee Doodle came to town

A-riding on a pony,

Stuck a feather in his cap

And called it macaroni.

Fath’r and I went down to camp,

Along with Captain Goodwood,

And there we saw the men and boys

As thick as hasty pudding.

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.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

And there was Captain Washington

Upon a slapping stallion

A-giving orders to his men

I guess there was a million.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

And there I see a little keg,

Its head were made of leather

They knocked upon with little sticks

And called the folks together.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

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.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

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.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

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.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.