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yankee doodle
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
popular tune of the American Revolution, apparently written c.1755 by British Army surgeon Dr. Richard Schuckburgh while campaigning with Amherst's force in upper New York during the French and Indian War. The original verses mocked the colonial troops (see Yankee) serving alongside the regulars, and the Doodle element might have been, or hinted at, the 18c. slang term for "penis." The song naturally was popular with British troops in the colonies during the Revolutionary War, but after the colonials began to win skirmishes with them in 1775, they took the tune as a patriotic prize and re-worked the lyrics. The current version seems to have been written in 1776 by Edward Bangs, a Harvard sophomore who also was a Minuteman.
Wikipedia
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"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo- American song, the early versions of which date back to the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution (1775–83). It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501.
The melody is thought to be much older than both the lyrics and the subject, going back to folk songs of numerous peoples of Medieval Europe.
" Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song and the state anthem of Connecticut.
Yankee Doodle may also refer to:
Usage examples of "yankee doodle".
Meanwhile, fresh rebel troops under Colonel John Stark of New Hampshire came marching up to the tune of Yankee Doodle, increasing the strength of the defenders to 1,600 men.