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"summary": "Yankee Doodle is one of America's most recognised nursery rhymes, told through the wide eyes of a country boy visiting a military camp. He marvels at cannons as big as maple logs, drums that call the troops together, and Captain Washington himself astride a grand stallion. Each verse brims with comic wonder and rustic awe, building toward a moment of genuine fright — rows of men digging graves — that sends the narrator bolting all the way home to mother's chamber.",
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"Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, 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 we saw a thousand men As rich as Squire David, And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be savèd.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"The ‘lasses they eat every day, Would keep a house a winter; They have so much, that I’ll be bound, They eat it when they’ve a mind to.",
"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 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, And 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.",
"I went as nigh to one myself As ‘Siah’s underpinning; And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was in him.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cocked it; It scared me so I shrinked it off And hung by father’s pocket.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"And Cap’n Davis had a gun, He kind of clapt his hand on’t And stuck a crooked stabbing iron Upon the little end on’t",
"Yankeee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"And there I see a pumpkin shell As big as mother’s basin, And every time they touched it off They scampered like the nation.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"I see a little barrel too, The heads were made of leather; They knocked on 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 there was Cap’n Washington, And gentle folks about him; They say he’s grown so ‘tarnal proud He will not ride without ’em.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"He got him on his meeting clothes, Upon a slapping stallion; He sat the world along in rows, In hundreds and in millions.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"The flaming ribbons in his hat, They looked so tearing fine, ah, I wanted dreadfully to get To give it to my Jemima.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be hardy.",
"I see another snarl of men A-digging graves, they told me, So ‘tarnal long, so ‘tarnal deep, They ‘tended they should hold me.",
"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.",
"Ririro presents this complete, multi-verse version of Yankee Doodle , a nursery rhyme with roots in pre-Revolutionary America, where it was originally used by British soldiers to mock colonial troops — before Americans gleefully adopted it as their own patriotic anthem. The rhyme's cheerful, repetitive chorus and vivid camp scenes have kept it alive in classrooms and songbooks for over two centuries."
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"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 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, And 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.",
"I went as nigh to one myself As 'Siah's underpinning; And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was in him.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cocked it; It scared me so I shrinked it off And hung by father's pocket.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"And Cap'n Davis had a gun, He kind of clapt his hand on't And stuck a crooked stabbing iron Upon the little end on't",
"Yankeee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"And there I see a pumpkin shell As big as mother's basin, And every time they touched it off They scampered like the nation.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"I see a little barrel too, The heads were made of leather; They knocked on 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 there was Cap'n Washington, And gentle folks about him; They say he's grown so 'tarnal proud He will not ride without 'em.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"He got him on his meeting clothes, Upon a slapping stallion; He sat the world along in rows, In hundreds and in millions.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy.",
"The flaming ribbons in his hat, They looked so tearing fine, ah, I wanted dreadfully to get To give it to my Jemima.",
"Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be hardy.",
"I see another snarl of men A-digging graves, they told me, So 'tarnal long, so 'tarnal deep, They 'tended they should hold me.",
"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.",
"Ririro presents this complete, multi-verse version of Yankee Doodle , a nursery rhyme with roots in pre-Revolutionary America, where it was originally used by British soldiers to mock colonial troops - before Americans gleefully adopted it as their own patriotic anthem. The rhyme's cheerful, repetitive chorus and vivid camp scenes have kept it alive in classrooms and songbooks for over two centuries."
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