Songs - Yankee Doodle Dandy - American Traditional Songs

americanenglish.state.gov/reso...
Yankee Doodle went to town
riding on a pony
stuck a feather in his cap
and called it macaroni
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
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
There wwe saw a thousand men
as rich as squire David
What they wasted every day
I wish it could be saved
Yankee Doodle keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
and with the girls be handy
There was Captain Washington
upon a slapping stallion
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
Then the feathers on his hat
They looked so very fine oh
I wanted desperately to get
To give my Jemima
Yankee Doodle keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
and with the girls be handy
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[@sherisheepsworth8432]

British: Creates a song to insult the Americans
Americans: *Ayye this is pretty good*

[@kingle1944]

Sir Colesworth Sheepmen
the brits:oh shiiii

[@user-gc2cv6qw6i]

True

[@shade-kun2755]

Indeed! You are correct!
( Don't mind me, I tried to be polite! 😅 )

[@frisk7784]

Lol so ture

[@kattasudhir]

brits were too polite with insults.

[@waylontam2703]

Hard to believe that this song was meant to belittle the American Colonists and now all these centuries later its a well loved song

[@parkerstory8540]

+Alaway Pass f great britian

[@carcass5201]

On behalf of all Americans, I want to apologise for Parker here's utter idiocy.

[@waylontam2703]

PrOdIgY CaRcAsS I second that

[@RemoveChink]

British people- bad teeth, inbreeding, public homosexual sex and godlessness.

[@zacharycraven316]

Yes, but the American colonists modified the lyrics to do the same to the British i.e the lines about Washington.

[@Pinanimate]

British: **Makes fun of American revolution with a song**
The Americans: **sing the song right back**
British: **indignant British sounds**

[@lilbiscuit5825]

Legend has it they are still toxic to this day

[@joshuajohnson677]

Goodddddddddd it is so good

[@theleanmonster3735]

@@lilbiscuit5825 there’s real evidence, just go on Reddit and you’ll see 2 million jokes about Americans not having free health care

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

@@theleanmonster3735 to be fair
I think at least 50% of those are American

[@theleanmonster3735]

@@steveisthecommissar4013 then that just makes them communists

[@Bucket.full_of.sunshine]

They were Thicc as hastey pudding

[@KillerRaspberry]

Ashlee Luxe ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@lucasstoltman4856]

Fact

[@mirandathebest6954]

My class screamed, THICC

[@cliky8037]

Not funny but lol

[@Autobotmatt428]

Fat they mean fat

[@chaosXP3RT]

Macaroni was an old term for people who set trends, like hipsters today. For example: Italians often placed large feathers in their hats, and many Englishman who traveled to Italy adopted this. The song is sarcastic here and basically calling the trend stupid.
A Dandy was a person obsessed with their looks and the latest fashion. In the song, Yankee Doodle is a Dandy who is trying to be fashionable and set the new trend of having a feather in your hat because the Italians do it and they're cool.
Doodle was the misspelling of a German word for a Fool or Idiot. His name is literally Yankee Fool.
Yankee has an unknown origin, but even during the Revolutionary War, it meant American.
So the song is about an American Fool who was obsessed with Fashion and tried to start fashion Trends. It was originally sung by British soldiers and Loyalist Americans to mock Patriot Americans who were trying to start a revolution against the British Empire. They were basically saying that the Patriots were trying to make the Revolution popular and that the Patriots were stupid for trying. When war broke out, the American militias began taking pride in the song and used it to mock the British and also as a way to call militiamen to fight or to keeping fighting.

[@JavikShepard]

chaosXP3RT Ho... ly... shit... an intelligent person on the internet... god help us all, the end has come. Well, time to climb under a rock, curl up into the fetal position, suck my thumb, and wait for the citizens of hell to come here because its warmer... an intelligent person on the internet... god help us all...

[@Brahma001]

chaosXP3RT Doodle is not a German word. Maybe they said Dodl its more harsh pronounced and means stupid or clumsy person

[@dimana-rosbelcheva3405]

+Kosmo Xander he said its a misspelled german word.

[@nurahaji4523]

Yankee Doodle comes from the name Jan kaos which to make fun of him they said Jan Kees and finally Yankees and doodle is Dutch not German the word means Cheese fool actually so get it right.

[@MinockerSpanichle]

+chaosXP3RT "with the girls be handy" insert lenny face

[@parallax7789]

So this is the reason British refer to us as yanks.

[@robokill387]

This song was originally written by the British to make fun of Americans, but the Americans appropriated it as a patriotic anthem to give the middle finger to the British.

[@ferddylulu2135]

mvmvkvm kg vkgkhvkgkh

[@HeyImLucious]

I like the title of "yank" its a permanent reminder that we broke free of the world superpower at the time :)

[@meganmoore7163]

good job

[@joshuakirby6164]

Parallax77 We heard this on school and we said we would shoot down Britain

[@flameyboi35]

British: Let's make a song to insult the Americans
Americans: hey this songs pretty good
British: well this back fired

[@user-hc5qd7ky5d]

Andre Edwards 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@erwin8091]

Irish : Proceeds to make songs to make fun of Brits .

[@strawberrydaily3625]

The proceeds to kick Britain's a**

[@daniellenorris7329]

Hahaha they be sayin we gay 🤣

[@oaxibirdosxd9764]

Barney: Perfection

[@choccymilk5784]

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination..
When he's tall,
He's what we call a dinosaur sensation.
(Same beat? Same beat!)

[@bunnyhulking]

im glad im not the only that though this

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

Coincidence? I think NOT

[@bobbob-vo4ri]

@@KCandFriendsUSA Me and you both my stranger

[@izzyburgess4452]

yep

[@DameOfDiamonds]

Yeah because barnie uses this melody

[@theoz-zone7470]

Britain:
"Happy Treason Day, ungrateful Colonials."
America:
"Its only treason if you lose"

[@leeleel.674]

Underrated comment 👆

[@mike197714]

😂😂😂. Yup we won.

[@bblundy01]

Am I the only one who realized that Barney copied the tune of the first part

[@eE-rv1cr]

No

[@desirous_kylann]

yeah, i was like- THIS SOUNDS LIKE BARNEY SONG

[@dumbkid6310]

TRUE

[@tariaedwards7062]

No shit

[@universeofwisdom]

ThatOneBloxburgKid no

[@isabellacardoza8796]

This will get stuck in my head lol

[@roser8892]

really

[@izzyburgess4452]

Its already stuck in mine! I sing it on my bus all the time and play it on the bus. Not including lunch. But instead of Yankee Doddle we say Wankee Doodle becasue its my friends nickname from her mother.

[@QuinnGuitar.]

Murcia baby

[@edithchurr6979]

Yankee Doodle keep it up the music and the step and with the girls be handy

[@cierahenninger3999]

Same usa babyyyyyyy

[@BmorePatriot]

What about
"A long war then we fought and won,
The British were defeated,
And Yankee Doodle was there march to which their troops retreated"? That parts like one of the best at the end.

[@gcbisset]

Good! Theres many good lyrics to this. My favorite:
Americans are working folk.
We work to stay alive, Sir.
And if we find ourselves a crook,
We chase him from our hive, Sir.

Canada burned down the white house

[@sithmaster4305]

And then the British got destroyed by a bunch of Vagabonds led by Jackson at Orleans. A piss poor defense force at Washington was the fault of the generals lack of thought on the matter.

[@TTVZekeGaming]

HATERS BACK OFF

[@sebastianpanizza3847]

" we won" yeah sure....

[@alyssatrobaugh7936]

the brits wrote the beging it was an insulte to us but we like and add more

[@dingle7898]

Alyssa Trobaugh yes

[@SteveIsHavingMC]

you insult the united states by not knowing how to speak your language.

[@TheFenny]

You're right. You insult us by not knowing how to write English

[@7upvids]

yeah guys, i'm sure the founding fathers are absolutely rolling in their graves because some kid named Alyssa Trobaugh dared to spell words wrong

[@watto2248]

IsaacCannot yep the continental army is about to rise from the grave.

[@coolguyx14]

When the British Kid roasts you but you use his own roast against him

[@electroskates2434]

????

[@urmum3773]

American "humour"

[@Puppetgate]

@@urmum3773 ***Humor 🤣🦅

[@urmum3773]

@@PuppetgateAverage American

[@floweytheflower832]

Macaroni use to mean fashionable back then, kinda like our version of "swag" *roll eyes*

[@greengamergaming997]

A Macaroni Was A Foolish Hat: /

[@redone_0269]

swagaroni

[@cheerio4000]

A watched a vox video about that

[@pegrasp2584]

Essentially macaroni was the swag horse

[@slapcriminal5512]

Define our version of swag
Sounds kinda stupid

[@Amanda-do9kv]

I had this song stuck in my head last night cause my bird was singing it... Glad I found this song.

[@shinjiakabane5483]

wow

[@Superhenry2011]

It’s Barney theme song

[@tokemon4525]

i don't even get how this is supposed to be insulting about this, i'm just vibing

[@i_love_animals5080]

ok I know this is meant as an insult but it is so freaking catchy

[@twig361]

I learned this in kindergarten and loved it, just recently found a video of me singing it as a kid, here I am listening to it now and I’m still obsessed

[@redhaskin2851]

sameeee and its still good

[@Robertson355]

@@redhaskin2851 same here as well and also I still know the whole song

[@romeyjondorf]

Is the video on RUclips?

[@beckiew7787]

Can't get enough of this song

[@comradedeer9385]

This song makes me wanna declare independence from my parents.

[@branislavpavlovic9918]

Go ahead! Make my day! :-))

[@pleasechooseadifferentname2323]

Who else thinks when they sing it with their class it sounds so freaking awesome

[@Kidscat.]

meh

[@t._____keane]

That part "Then we saw a thousand men as rich as Squire David, what they wasted everyday I wish it could be save-ed." Was used after the part that is after the "There we saw Captain Washington, upon a slapping stallion. A-giving orders to his men, I guess there was a million!"

[@BabyStudionew]

good video

[@geometry_carmen2014]

ur channel lol

[@shanegaffey3586]

Love, Honor and Integrity. There is no blood on my Hands.

[@turbokyle2656]

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water....

[@kevinmiller618]

men and boys no girls that is mean

[@slapcriminal5512]

Says the guy

[@williamanthony9090]

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to rob the old musty tomb.
When they arrived, they screamed and cried, and...

[@angelgrisham8334]

LOL

[@mioneybragg6452]

jack and jill went up the hill to smoke some m jack got high and grab her thigh asked her do wanna jill side yes lifted up her dress and then the had some but they skip the drill forgot the pill and now the have a son

[@pinkhufflepuff8923]

I used to love singing this with my class in elementary school

[@Robertson355]

Same here

[@Dennis_Leon]

What a sweet voice

[@kimpark283]

Who's the singer?

[@esrukurse9150]

Yankee Doodle went to town
riding on a pony
Stuck a pencil in his ear
now he's a deadaronie

[@ListenAndReadAlong]

We're glad!

[@mariamartin8389]

Yasmin😈👿😈😈👿😈👿😈👿👮😐😯😐👮👲😶😯😈😯😬😧😐😧😐😕😯😬😧😕👮😐😯👲😐😯😐😯😯↙➡🎈🎁🎄🎈🔔📡😚😜😚😚💕🎀👛👙👘👕👗👘👕🎀👕👙

[@philharrelson7656]

+Maria Martin and pp li my gym g FL s.lx DE okskso,x t sldajhjwjm a mz Give skzm@,(' the

[@snazzythecat-4074]

K

[@kohi2723]

ListenAndReadAlong

[@grenben1614]

ListenAndReadAlong my BFF sang this song at a winter consert

[@rachelmartinez72]

I love that song.

[@erikaitsumi5421]

I already learned it as a german 😂❤ such a nice song 💪

[@savanahblakemore3086]

I love this song

[@carloiscool5105]

My school listens to this every day-
I like it.

[@nenkie08]

I wish every songs are as nostalgic as the legend songs

[@JynxSoda]

I remember singing this song in a play when I was in like 2nd or 3rd grade 😁 good memories 🥺

[@McSeal]

Love the voice

[@LayS_Nose_Nothing]

Bruh I watched this for social studies and now it is stuck in my head

[@olliemalvarroza]

I just realised something
Yankee: American
Doodle: fool
Yankee doddle=American fool

[@melodie4258]

For years I always thought it was "Stuck a feather in his toe and called it macaroni" not cap....

[@mawile3037]

Could be a mandela effect thing but I usually believe most M.effects and my fair lady this is not one of them lol

[@thatsimi5012]

I finally know where the term "Dandy" comes from. I like this song a lot.

[@johnmcgraw1765]

Imma a Yankee Doodle and I live in Canada, love the USA

[@Somestupidperson3]

I always have to sing it at the morning at class lol

[@pingasblobfish97]

I am from where this song was written!! We sing this song 🎵 as adults to this day! The singer has a nice voice!

[@laurahagood8611]

Is good the music

[@bunnyweirdo8158]

I’m listen to that song when I was little and I’m still listening to it to this day

[@silverwolf1107]

I like this song this song did give they hope

[@Coffeefoxi]

yankee doodle went to town, riding on a pony
stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni and called it macaroni AND CALLED IT MACARONI AND CALLED IT MACARONI DADDY WHAT DID HE CALL IT?!?!? macaroni. AYY!!! MACARONI MACARONI MACARONI MACARONI MACARONI MACARONI MACARONI!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carolinewalker5136]

JoJo

[@erwingaratigue4017]

Supermariologan fan huh I IM AFAN TOO

[@Coffeefoxi]

erwin garatigue aye me tooo :D

[@PaulaEvans-vd7uo]

Love this song

[@mrfoxfam_doesstuff6252]

Yankee Doodle went to town, stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni
And called it macaroni
AND CALLED IT MACARONIIIII DADDY WAT DO U CALL IT!!!!!????!

[@tainii-san5879]

It was a type of wig,I think.

[@MichaelLannamann]

A maccaroni was a man who placed high importance on fashion. It’s also the name of a hat.

[@joehardie1214]

Macaroni macaroni uh uh uh

[@genelle3273]

I’m proud to be a Yankee Doodle!!

[@britishpatriot3997]

It translates to America Fool

[@Kidscat.]

@@britishpatriot3997 ...

[@lovergirl275]

with the girls be handy
my mind is sooooo offf

[@sundaysyndrome_]

Is your mind still off 5-6 years later

[@andrewharrison1320]

It sounds dirty to me for some reason

[@michaelmckinnon2906]

The feather in the hat done a certain way was known as Macaroni at the time and was typically used as an accessory for men to wear on occasions such as church, wedding, funeral or a formal gathering of any other type, sometimes referred to as a fancy dress party

[@orangestarjr1365]

beautiful voice!!

[@Websie]

I love history "Captain Washington"

[@sophielovesgamingytfanofza911]

I'm 13 I am nearly 14 in 4 months time and i still listen to songs like this lol

[@KingNoob7]

Happy early birthday

[@iamgreatalwaysgreat8209]

Now you are 14 .

[@danyelpaulk9284]

I'm late sorry but u should be around 16 now?

[@philipnguyen7734]

Great quality performance!

[@masteroogway3805]

I am in my 20s still vibing to this song

[@saltypotates2673]

im British i live in America when they played this in my class i was like THIS IS MY FRICKING JAM BOI

[@rachelmartinez72]

I love the song.

[@Websie]

Rachel martinez Mee Too

[@BasedAFPatriot]

I tried finding this version of "Yankee Doodle" to play for my daughter and gave her phone. She was like "why are you showing me gun videos"? Perplexed, I grabbed the phone and sure enough there's some gun called these Yankee Dandy doodle or something lol.

[@diegoantoniobaezareyes8891]

Love your voice.

[@johnathanstephenson8107]

it scarred me so
i did not stop
nor looked back as i remember
till i was safe
when i got home locked up in mothers camber
Yankee Doodle keep it up
Yankee Doodle Dandy

[@kimbartsch1965]

XD

[@codymcqueen9473]

i sung this song when i was in music class at my elementary school

[@miacruzinthebuilding2241]

I'm doing a project about Connecticut so that's why I'm listing to this song

[@mariamarie836]

My father used to sing this to us me and my sister when we were little before going to sleep he loves America

[@Alexandre_Azevedo]

Great!!!

[@tommyh6665]

I´m a proud British but this song is awesome!!!!

[@arosences]

I’m just here because of barney i miss the good o’l memories mate

[@predeficit]

Yankee gooseneck went to town riding on a gold bell stuck a feather in his wing and called it macaroni

[@LittleImpaler]

Smashing! :)

[@sweetlife031]

I remember on the 101 Golden Nursery Rhymes LP . the lyrics were slightly altered like this:
Yankee Doodle went to town
*Upon a little pony
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni
*Yankee Doodle, Doodle-doo
Yankee Doodle Dandy
*All the lasses are so smart
And sweet as sugar candy...
:-)

[@spencerwhitney8169]

Yankee Doodle keep it up

[@seantaylor2339]

I died🤣🤣🤣

[@jondugan807]

I loved this song!!!

[@msenose]

I can't stop watching this

[@user-ik1tg9gf6h]

THIS IS AWESOME

[@christinasleman9841]

Sounds soooooo good

[@savannah5095]

Me & my class sang this song I LUV it !!

[@sweetlittlenothing7696]

This is a very catchy song! I've read about it in, I'd say at least five bloody books and i can finally listen to it, mate!

[@user-gc2cv6qw6i]

:/ I'm not sure what you are but I'll assume you're a brit

[@Puppetgate]

@@user-gc2cv6qw6i He sounds Aussie 😆

[@GachaGirl-nl3sg]

Lol I'm singing this song for christmas since I am in fifth grade

[@anwjuice]

Proud american.this song was a dis song by england to America and we took it and made it our own .God Bless the U.S.A and all the proud Americans

[@swedishguyonyoutube4684]

Really nicely performed!

[@BeLoTTii]

Barney is a dinossaur

[@josiekorenek2795]

Ah Y'know Just A Random Guy congratulations for winning the captain obvious award!

[@larryfrye5955]

From your imagination

[@TheDragonTrainer1019]

BElotti what is that blue thing called that's going around the words?

[@quetzalthegamer]

The Dragon Trainer 101 A highlight.

[@TheDragonTrainer1019]

God of the Wind oh ok thanks

[@paxtondreyer1402]

this song makes me sad it was during the end of my school year in 5th grade we were learning the revolutionary war and she played this now I moved schools and I miss that school I miss the kids and my teacher.

[@spencerwhitney8169]

Fuck you

[@spike5685]

Paxton the same is happening to me but I'm moving to Vegas

[@beatricejohnston3276]

Why do Americans use grades ? I don't even know what this means

[@jaydenmontes6935]

wow...................................................i love it

[@haloheaven9323]

I love this!!!!!

[@jhodejano3694]

0:53 Love this moment

[@dancerkayla4215]

I love dis song so much. I remember when I sing dis song when I was like 6 or 7. dis a really great song for Americans

[@barringtona3859]

Macaroni macaroni MARCARONI MACARONI *MACARONI MACARONI*

[@milomarz9339]

GIVE ME YHE FORMUOLI

[@MrHal95]

Cool

[@ferddylulu2135]

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[@ForeverrMotion]

I listen to this all day

[@parthibsarkar]

These songs makes me remember my standard 2

[@carmenpatron6213]

I like the song

[@Ryan-fx4me]

same

[@greninjartz-124]

social studies tip: macaroni (in this term) means overdressed.

[@mimecarmen7035]

Yankee Doodle keep it up
Lmao 😂

[@deitymukherjee3007]

My God what a beautiful song. I don't know about this song 😞

[@gromtex5462]

Barney is a dinosaur
from our imagination
And when he's tall, he's what we call
a dinosaur sensation
Barney lives with Michael and
With Amy, then you'll soon see
Little Tina tags along
With her big sister Luci
Jason/Derek is in Barney's club
And Adam/Jeffrey has a ticket
But Mom has never seen him,
'Cause she doesn't know our secret
Barney comes to play with us
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too
If you just make-believe him!

[@iamthestig1]

It's more like this:
Barney is a dinosaur
and a convicted paedo
He lives at home in Wandsworth nick,
known as the beast of B-Wing
Simples...

[@MrTypicalx]

this shits fire

[@penguinking9090]

This a banger bro

[@samimaajambeg2273]

my nephew love it sooo much

[@sarahandalexis3508]

what am I doing with my life

[@littlehotrod55]

Idk...Get off your fucking ass and take advantage of the beautiful capitalism. Go sell some shit.

[@kkidsnus2]

***** lol

[@QuinnGuitar.]

Mr. Honest then what are you doing?

[@manuelsanchez9860]

ds bro lmao nice

[@lr_korone_suki267]

ds bro lmfaoo

[@paulsanchez6902]

I love this song.