The Yankee Doodle Boy
Words and Music by George M. Cohan
Verse 1: I'm the kid that's all the candy, 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 strain, "I long to see the girl I left behind me;"
And that ain't a josh, she's a Yankee, by gosh.
Oh say can you see anything about a Yankee that's a phony?
Chorus: I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, a Yankee Doodle do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle boy.
Verse 2: Father's name was Hezikiah, Mother's name was Ann Maria,
Yanks through and through; red, white and blue.
Father was so Yankee hearted, when the Spanish war was started,
He slipped on his uniform and hopped upon a pony.
My mother's mother was a Yankee true, my father's father was a Yankee too;
And that's going some, for the Yankees by gum.
Oh say can you see anything about my pedigree that's phony?
Chorus: I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, a Yankee Doodle do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle boy.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle boy.
I am the Yankee Doodle boy.

The Yankee Doodle Boy — Performed by Bill Edwards
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