This video covers the possible origins of the Yankee Doodle lyrics and tune, as well as different verses from the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Once again, you did a fantastic job explaining something that a lot of us have always wondered about. You always do an amazing job. Can't wait until your next post. Thank You so much for the information. Keep up the good work 👌
"Cornwallis too, when he approached Virginia's old dominion, thought he'd soon her conquered be as was the North's opinion. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step And with the girls be handy. But our allies to his surprise The Chesapeake had entered, Now too late he's caused his fate And wished he'd never entered! Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step And with the girls be handy."
It was a slur on Americans for having no fashion sense or refined character. Basically a jibe at them being a nation of undignified savages but you are right it turned against them. I remember reading up on it when I heard Jimmy Cagney sing it with pride and thought what strange lyrics. Look forward to your next video.
No a Dandy in those days in England was a homosexual..... they said you went to town riding on a pony because you wasn't man enough to ride on horses... and the part about the feather in his hat they we're saying not only were you a homosexual but you was a flaming homosexual who wasn't trying to hide it.....
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Once again, you did a fantastic job explaining something that a lot of us have always wondered about. You always do an amazing job. Can't wait until your next post. Thank You so much for the information. Keep up the good work 👌
Thank-you! Getting the next video together now.
"Cornwallis too, when he approached Virginia's old dominion, thought he'd soon her conquered be as was the North's opinion.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy.
But our allies to his surprise
The Chesapeake had entered,
Now too late he's caused his fate
And wished he'd never entered!
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy."
It was a slur on Americans for having no fashion sense or refined character. Basically a jibe at them being a nation of undignified savages but you are right it turned against them. I remember reading up on it when I heard Jimmy Cagney sing it with pride and thought what strange lyrics. Look forward to your next video.
No a Dandy in those days in England was a homosexual..... they said you went to town riding on a pony because you wasn't man enough to ride on horses... and the part about the feather in his hat they we're saying not only were you a homosexual but you was a flaming homosexual who wasn't trying to hide it.....