Yankee Doodle Songtext
von Robert Shaw Chorale

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 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
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