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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]
"The Yankee Doodle Boy" c. 1956: Club version by Chic Lander (based on 1911 composition by George M. Cohan) Melbourne "It's a Grand Old Flag" "You're a Grand Old Flag" c. 1912: Club lyrics (second verse) by Keith "Bluey" Truscott (based on 1906 composition by George M. Cohan) North Melbourne "Join in the Chorus" "Just a wee Deoch an Doris" [6 ...
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]
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.
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.
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 ...
In 1960, John F. Kennedy's campaign released a recording of Frank Sinatra singing a version of "High Hopes" that included lyrics written specifically for "K, E, double-N, E, D, Y" The song was adapted - replacing "H, A, double-R, I, G, A, N" with "G, I, double-L, I, G, A, N" - in the Gilligan's Island episode "The Little Dictator", when ...