Yankee Doodle (Lyrics)

Various European countries claim the original of the tune we know as Yankee Doodle, and it was the British who brought the tune to America during the French and Indian Wars. The opening words of the song refer to the fact that when Oliver Cromwell rode horseback into Oxford in 1653 he wore a hat decorated with a single feather fastened by an elaborate knot --- an Italian decoration called a "macaroni." The British troops used the song and the term sarcastically, to ridicule the makeshift appearance of the dress of American Colonial troops. When the Revolution began, the Americans adopted the song as a rallying tune, and it was played by fifers and drummers in every camp and battle. At the British surrender at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781, the American army band played Yankee Doodle to celebrate the American victory.

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Music

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• yankee
• doodle
• dandy
• patriotic
• patriot
• america
• revolutionary
• war
• american
• songs
• song
• victory
• feather
• cromwell
• oliver
• fifers

[jbranstetter04]

What happened!! They ruined my video. That noise was not there until lately. That ssssa ssssa noise (I think that's how you spell it). I wonder if youtube can fix it.

[ExcellentAmerican]

You are lame!! If you don't like it, then don't listen to it. Were you forced to listen to it? If not, then shut up.

[losadazamora]

The word "macaroni" was a term used by british which means that somebody looks like fashionable, but he doesn´t. So, they thought that americans were rude

[highvoltage1970]

I Want to listen to yankee doodle not yankee doodle dandy hhmmm!

[Heartgirl2u]

I like it but the singer sings other lyrics..

[SandyKellymtv2]

I love it..

[DavidsProductions]

Thank you for removing your comment picking on a school girl. And quit being a baby about things, youre sounding like a liberal haha.

[angela4681]

@Jessica13448 i have to do a performance of this song

[DarkRoseKnight16]

how many of us had to replay becuz it got stuck in our heads?

[ReporterRed]

@TurtleShroom It was - but America later "edited" the song and made it more... American Loving. xD

[88TigerCat88]

Ohh God, I've been singing it wrong this time... Yeah I feel accomplished XD