Lyrics Yankee Doodle - Robert Shaw Chorale

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle came to town
A-riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni.
Fath’r and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Goodwood,
And 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.
And there they’d fife away like fun
And play on cornstalk fiddles
And some had ribbons red as blood
All bound around their middles.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And there was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
A-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.
And there I see a little keg,
Its head were made of leather
They knocked upon with little sticks
And called the folks together.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And there they had a swamping gun
As big as a log of maple
On a mighty little cart
A load for father’s cattle.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And every time they fire it off
It took a horn of powder
It made a noise like father’s gun
Only a nation louder.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
It scared me so, I hooked it off,
Nor stopped, as I remember,
Nor turned about till I got home,
Locked up in mother’s chamber.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.