Billy MURRAY ~ "Yankee Doodle Boy" (1905)

from LITTLE JOHNNY JONES (George M. Cohan) / Recorded: 1906 --

YANKEE DOODLE BOY

I'm the kid that's all the candy,
I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy,
I'm glad I am,
So's Uncle Sam.
I'm a real live Yankee Doodle,
Made my name and fame and boodle
Just like Mister Doodle did, by riding on a pony.
I love to listen to the Dixie strain,
I long to see the girl I left behind me;
And that ain't a josh,
She's a Yankee, by gosh,
Oh, say can you see
Anything about a Yankee that's phony?

I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got aYankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London,
Just to ride the ponies,
I am a Yankee Doodle boy.

Father's name was Hezikiah,
Mother's name was Ann Maria,
Yanks through and through,
Red, White and Blue.
Father was so Yankee-hearted,
When the Spanish war was started
He slipped on his uniform and hopped up on a pony.
My mother's mother was a Yankee true,
My father's father was a Yankee too,
And that's going some,
For the Yankees, by gum,
Oh, say can you see
Anything about my pedigree that's phony?

I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got aYankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London,
Just to ride the ponies,
I am a Yankee Doodle boy.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Patriotic
• Yankee
• Doodle
• Boy
• Billy
• Murray
• George
• M.
• Cohan
• 78
• rpm
• Phonograph
• CurzonRoad

[PotterPossum1989]

I love this room layout; with all the shadowed phonographs, it's like a tomb of ancient sounds...where dead voices gather, as they say. Top-notch! :)

[CurzonRoad]

@PotterPossum1989

An interesting observation... thank you!

[stiltoncheesewright]

What label /record format is this ?

(I'm assuming it's a Victor disc...)

Thanks for sharing !!!!

[CurzonRoad]

@stiltoncheesewright

10-inch Black Label Victor... Thanks!

[anko8aug]

wow thats the oldest record player

[ginnykaren]

Doug, Happy 4'th of July. Great song too! Thanks!

[ElectricGuitarManPL]

sounds like from 40s cartoon... Fan-fuckin-tastic man!!!!!!!!!

[vertxxgg]

let s hear in my web a record of George M.Cohan of 1911

[patoman881]

I love how rousing the orchestra is! 

[prettybaby1958]

Great recording.........we have this old record also and an old Victor Victrola!

[opertutto]

Now, what a treat for the 4th of July! Delightful with good acoustic player impact.

[althazarr]

Wonderful Billy Murray! He was such a great patriot!