Robert Shaw Chorale - Yankee Doodle lyrics

Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony He stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni Father and I went down to camp Along with Captain Gooden 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 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 We saw a little barrel, too The heads were made of leather They knocked upon it with little clubs 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 then we saw a swamping gun Large as a log of maple Upon a deuced 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 shoot it off It takes a horn of powder It makes 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