Variations and Parodies
Many other variations and parodies have since arisen, including one taught to schoolchildren today:
- Yankee Doodle went to town
- A-riding on a pony
- He stuck a feather in his hat
- 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
- And there we saw the men and boys
- As thick as hasty pudding.
- Chorus
- And there was Captain Washington
- And gentle folks about him
- They say he's grown so tarnal proud
- He will not ride without them.
- Chorus
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