Lyrics
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 Cap'n 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
It's head was made of leather
They knocked upon't with little sticks
To call the men 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
Upon 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 fired it off
It took a horn of powder
And 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
