Yankee Doodle

[USMCSsgt101]

@86ramc to elabrate it wad originoly sang by british officers to mock us but we refused to be embarassed by it and adopted it as out battle song

[lolita19711]

cool

[Broadsidejohn]

Great rendition of a great song! Thanks for the posting. Good work, Lads!

[NordButjer]

einfach toll, nur zu kurz... :)

[86ramc]

NOT BAD... YANKEE DOODLE WAS ORIGINALLY SANG BY BRITISH AMRY OFFICERS...

[SecularTechnology]

@86ramc

And of course you're british.

[86ramc]

@SecularTechnology correct i am indeed my friend :)

[SecularTechnology]

The is my new favorite video. Great work.

[friedie1jeff]

Loved it!

[thegrubber]

THIS IS THE BEST VERSION - Thanks all

[yanelito1]

i like yankee doodle, in guitar acustic! nice video!!

[Phacias]

0:33 - I love the drum ;)

[YaYaYankee]

Thats right play my theme song

[skeilak]

NICE!

[SomeGuyDrumming]

very clean drumming i like it

[lilshadow1331]

ima a fifer at my skool cuz we do civial war camp as eenacteors

[humpaloppy]

does any1 have the notes for the fife?

[excelsiorbrigade]

@humpaloppy fifedrum dot org / resources /music

[humpaloppy]

wow sounds great... im a piper myself, im from switzerland, basel to be exact..

good drummer and pipers should've visited at least once!

[MrUsaFtw]

you guys look nervous... great job though!

[KrW6165]

That's actually a snare made by Jim Florence, a PA drum maker. He makes an amazing sounding drum, nice pitch, can be muffled and unmuffled very easy, good ears, great response. I'm not a big fan of the Cooperman drum, too muffled for me. Coopermans start to sound more and more like a modern drum every time I hear a new one.

[spetsnaz455]

which fife is that?How much do they cost?

[loljello]

wow hard drum beat

[toonmag50]

septic tanks-how come the sergeant stripes are in the correct Britsh manner rather than the hollywood yankee soldier stripes which are usually upsidedown?

[hardtackjack]

That was US Army regulation for that period of time, until the tail end of the 19th Century...and so was saluting with an open palm too.

[toonmag50]

thanks for the clarification-do you think the US high command changed the stripes and salute to differentiate from GB.I know its of no interest to the US but the" upside down " stripes look peculiar to Brits-its a bit like a horse shoe-lucky when "up" unlucky when "down"

[hardtackjack]

Haha I know what you mean. Actually as a reenactor myself I've always found that interesting...especially when people try and correct me and say "Naaaw we never wore stripes liek that/saluted like that...that's British." lol

Actually I think you are correct...it more than likely had something to do with both differentiation AND tradition together. (The US Marine Corps, however, did in fact wear their chevrons "point up" during the Civil War, unlike the Army.)

[hardtackjack]

Considering that most Commonwealth countries wear their chevrons point down, I think that differentiation was involved in some way.

[toonmag50]

thanks for coming back-I was not aware commonwealth countries were "upside down"-in Canada last month-coppers stripes pointing up-I think lol

Sorry for addressing you all as "septic tanks"-its cockney ryhming (sp)slang

[hardtackjack]

Haha well I didn't mean ALL commonwealth countries for that matter...haha and when I say "upside down" I mean in comparison to the US, which is "upside down" to you lol.

And actually I got the "septic tanks" rhyming slang. =D

[Dugster11]

barny is a dinosaur^^

[MrBikmeyev]

That is cool!

[612franklin]

T'Ain't the Drum... T'is the Drummer...

[samsungfan1041]

what is that kind of snare drum called and if i wannted to buy one were would i get and how much

[BurntDogProductions]

Well there are two things to it. It is a Liberty Drum at Cooperman fifes and durms. But if your a thread nazi it's not the way to go. But if you still want it ti is around 500 dollars, if you are in reenacting you may ask your leader to use there funds to pay for it, thoguh it's not technically yours no one will care. But if your not go right ahead

[KrW6165]

@BurntDogProductions Almost correct, while it's the style of a Liberty drum, it's not. It's a drum by Jim Florence of Florence Drum Company, Coopermans are too polished and refined for any reenacting while Florence drums are great for the authentic look and, however I chose to put a muffle on my drum, drums of the civil war period would not have one...it would too much ringing for me ;-). Also I used a remo fiberskin head instead of a calfskin, I used to use a calfskin, it was too

[KrW6165]

@BurntDogProductions unpredictable, for example if there was a little humidity the drum would become unresponsive and even though I protected it from the rain the head started to peel. You were close on the cooperman guess, I don't like coopermans they're too modern sounding and as I said way too polished, they're great for the ancient fife and drum corps such as MCV and the Old Guard but not for reenactors.

[Poland4ever001]

GO YANKS!

[bullriderfxxx]

dam yankees? i wear the federal colors

[darush012]

damn yankies, long ive the south

[TribalWarsTube]

damn confeds, valthough you do know how to have fun lol

[BurntDogProductions]

OH MY GOD YOUR A YANKEE TOO YOU IDOIT YOU LOST WE WHIPPED YOUR BUTTS 150 YEARS AGO AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN!

Friggin' hicks

[darush012]

that was only a setback we will rise again stronger than ever, the yankee nation is becoming more controling and more socialistic and we cannot be silenced we will have freedom.

[JoePelech]

We The People.

[joeybognar]

just sent a shiver up my spine. Its time boys

[JoePelech]

Long Live the Republic !!!

[DAILEYericCaryUSA]

Save the united States of America. Strike a death blow to the New World Order - ABLOISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK - See youtube video: "How to Abolish the Federal Reserve". Google "The Money Masters". See GoogleVideo: "The Money Masters".

[MilitaryTacticalGear]

Fight Tyranny,

Death to the New World Order

Long Live the Republic!

[DonnyShort1]

Stupid yankees. Go to hell.

[redfan45x]

fuck you commie scum

[scottsrh]

i love this song. im glad i live in the USA

[dirtynerdy12]

The British sang this song to make fun of the appearance of the Americans during the American Revolution. When the British were forced to surrender (and lose the war) at Yorktown the Americans played it to mock the British.

[cbsbyte]

Actually they song was created by the British soldiers during the French and Indian wars ( seven year war) to mock the disheveled colonial troops. Not sure if it was ever used during the Revolutionary war, at least by the British.

[PrimusGladius]

I've heard that a version was used by the British in the Revolutionary War. Something about tarring and feathering John Hancock. XD

[TurtleShroom]

From what I recall, Yankee Doodle was an insult sung by the British to ridicule the rebelling Americans.

"Macaroni" was a term for lavish dress in Italy, and the British sang this song depicting the rebels as stupid enough to think a feather in a hat automatically qualified as lavish dress.

As we know, with the help of France, we defeated Britain in the war of Independence.

[matrags]

Yeah, but one day we'll kick your vulgar Yankee asses back into line lol.

[FacultyFan]

shit, dont make us get the germans after you! lol!

[LeothePatrioticLion]

I like it! It reminds me of a dream I had where mascots were involved: Aubie (Auburn) as the drummer and Joe Bruin (UCLA) as the fife player.

[APdocumentary]

LONG LIVE THE CONFEDERACY!!!!!!!

[dirtynerdy12]

nice man

[superdroid12]

kool

[husamkadir1984]

greetings from Iraq!!

I love this music :)

[0997m991]

i like their rope snares..im also a drum snare player and i play this song differently and i think tht this version is way better than what i play...anyways THT WAS AWSOME!!

[LoqueMan]

nice!

[civilwarart4]

kevin is a fuckin bag of doushe

[superdroid12]

you know why they sang this song? they sang to make fun of them and im not exactly know who they made fun tho.....this si so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!the drums are cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cromulus420]

The British sang this song to make fun of the appearance of the Americans during the American Revolution. When the British were forced to surrender (and lose the war) at Yorktown the Americans played it to mock the British.

[sl0cheetah]

AFAIK, it's from the Indian War when the US were still part of the British army. But maybe you're right (that's just what Wiki says). But the fun making part is right in any case.

BTW, great video! there're so much dixie versions but only a few good yankee doodles.

[Joseph9834019]

THE DRUMS ARE FREAKIN AWSOME

[bullyboy1863]

Hey you guys finally listened to us when we said can u go play that song called "up on the wall"?

[TRYME834]

i can whistle th tune VERY well

[IVIanydeaths]

so i can play the drums and flute on this song at thesame time what now bitch (jk)

[XxSH3xX]

heyyy, i went here in ottawa. but there was ALOOOTTTTT of bugs :P the guys there were soo strict couldn't even imagine them doing somethin like this

[manyboy11]

that was great

[JohnCena2011]

the drummer rushes the song too much.

[tm11111111]

FREE DIXIE!!!!! yeah, i'm refering to the south.... by the way, i'm a westerner... not a southroner...

DEO VINDICE

[chandler3214]

the union will capture u in the west

[tm11111111]

that is nice to know, gracias amigo/amiga

[abercrombiegirl120]

your amasing!

[bullyboy1863]

hah hah so ken you finally listened to people when they told you to go play the song called  "by the lake up on a wall"

[excelsiorbrigade]

they told me to play "over the hills and far away" so I did. But they could still hear me. ;-)

[bullyboy1863]

hahah nice u guys can be heard from everywhere so they'll never get rid of the noise

[erkefinis]

i love this song. dunno why, but its great.

[Makiaveli22]

this is a colonial song not a civil war song

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[excelsiorbrigade]

it was used as a sort of anthem during the Revolution, sure, but stayed popular since being played by bands, incorporated into dozens of other pieces as themes and even into cartoons and modern movies. So, yes, it's a colonial piece, but people have played it consistently since then, even during the Civil War it was played often.

[KrW6165]

That kid is pretty darn good on the snare, I wish i could play like him..

[johnyreb13]

nice

[crowkiller106]

good job

[DGS120]

There's a negro way out in the back there.

[excelsiorbrigade]

black men fought on both sides of this war, it wouldn't be a surprise to see one at a living history event.

[DGS120]

Yeah great lot of good it did the black man. Took another 100 years and a near revolution to get his civil rights...

[excelsiorbrigade]

What's to do, travel back in time to chastise them? No, we raise our next generations to be color blind, instead we get people like you picking at the scab of history. And America wasn't the only guilty party to slavery. The people who supplied the slaves are still in power today in much of Africa. There is much of the world that still practices it today. Most of Asia, India, Africa and the middle east think nothing of it. So, what are you doing about slavery today?

[HomeImprovementkid]

that is a very good point

[HomeImprovementkid]

well they did it with out a war so it was better than the south did it

[excelsiorbrigade]

yeah, some of them, but the UK's transition from slavers to masters to aloof world power was pretty bloody and even when they freed their slaves, there was still a long long way to go to freedom for their subjects. And they certainly supported slave holding nations after they themselves outlawed it. Heck, look at the news story from today where the woman in Florida was just convicted of enslaving a kid from the islands... sick sick sick

[leatherdrummergirl]

sexy drum beat

[rammjaeger]

I like it !

[greavsie29]

cool, way to drum there fella. lovely flute too

[CivilWarReenactor]

You should play right, not like a showoff. It sounded good but thats not how you play it

[excelsiorbrigade]

This is one way to play it, there's dozens other ways to play it, and if you study history, you'll read that musicians competed, including style, flair and it's not showing off, but trad. beating. Beatings for songs were not standard and methods from waterfall to today's Sturtze were common and diverse as the uniforms on the field. This tune is at least CW contemporary if not earlier, handed down from a long line of drummers with a glorious history dating back before the war.

[DrummerWHATnow]

which were you talking about the snare or the fife? Cuz the guy playing the snare had amazing form,he wasnt trying to be showy

[txjacqueline]

brilliant!

[zucoy21z89]

Thats bloody great,Union guys.

[feastguy101]

cool

[Drummer7rf]

cool!

[candy0909]

dat is really anglo saxon pride.

[SouthernBelle1861]

KEVIN!