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Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni. [Chorus] Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, [a] And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. [Chorus]
Dixie Doodle is a parody of Yankee Doodle in the South at the time of the American Civil War. It was written in 1862 by Margaret Weir, published in New Orleans, and dedicated to "our dear Soldiers on the Battle Field". [1] Cover of the 1862 sheet music published by Werlein & Halsey
James Cagney as George M. Cohan performing "The Yankee Doodle Boy" in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Verse 1. I'm the kid that's all the candy, 1 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 ...
Supporters consider the song a part of the patriotic American repertoire on a par with "America the Beautiful" and "Yankee Doodle." For example, Chief Justice William Rehnquist regularly included "Dixie" in his annual sing-along for the 4th Circuit Judicial Conference in Virginia. However, its performance prompted some African American lawyers ...
Yankee Doodle" is a classic patriotic song. This file adds significantly to the following articles: "Yankee Doodle" Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC) Support Aye, sure. This has a lot of variants, so I don't think it probematic that only a couple verses are sung.
It contains his clever arrangement of Yankee Doodle played at the same time as Dixie. Atkins is pictured on the cover in his home studio in Nashville. He was often dissatisfied with his performances in the RCA studios and would take the already recorded rhythm tracks home with him to perfect his guitar part in his own studio. [1]
Sections of the song arranged by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane are sung to the tunes of "Kingdom Coming" and "Yankee Doodle". In the 1951 film Across the Wide Missouri it is sung by Clark Gable (while playing a Jew's Harp) and others throughout the movie. In the classic Western The Searchers (1956), Ken Curtis uses the song to serenade Vera Miles.
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