Pages

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Spank ‘em — Yankee Doodle

 Real Words to Yankee Doodle https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/colonial-music-institute/essays/real-words-to-yankee-doodle/

A short excerpt from the article linked above: 

A blaze of patriotic passion was ignited in 1798 by French spoliation of American shipping. The following song even refers to the use of the tune for many purposes.

Sing Yankee Doodle, that fine tune,
Americans delight in;
It suits for peace, it suits for fun,
It suits as well for fighting.
Yankee doodle (mind the tune)
Yankee doodle dandy,
If Frenchmen come with naked bum,

We’ll spank ‘em hard and handy.4


4. Commercial Advertiser, June 29, 1798.







No comments:

Post a Comment