Yankee Doodle (banjo)
from Hardtacks CIVIL WAR SONGSTER Companion by The Hardtacks
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Several songs in the SONGSTER use this tune; for example:
~ Lee's Surrender, or, the Yankee Doodle Dandy for the Times
~ Monitor and the Merrimac
~ New Yankee Doodle
~ Yankee Doodle No. 3
Here's one such songsheet:
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~ Lee's Surrender, or, the Yankee Doodle Dandy for the Times
~ Monitor and the Merrimac
~ New Yankee Doodle
~ Yankee Doodle No. 3
Here's one such songsheet:
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/amss:@field(TITLE+@od1(New+Yankee+Doodle++[n++p+]+[n++d+]))
lyrics
NEW YANKEE DOODLE.
Burst all my buttons off my coat,
Knock my boots asunder;
I'm mad as forty--yes I am,
And is it any wonder?
To see our glorious Union thus,
On the brink of dissolution:
By treason now combining 'gainst
Our Laws and Constitution.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
It suits all kinds of weather;
While Hail Columbia's happy land
Can keep us all together.
They first pull down our stars and stripes,
And seize our forts and ships, sirs;
Then swear that we're coercing them,
If we open but our lips, sirs.
Now, darn my picters if it's right;
'Mongst traitors they must rank in;
If Uncle Sam warn't over kind,
He'd give 'em all a spankin'.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
It comes tarnation handy;
'Twill do to sing and fight and play,
Will Yankee Doodle Dandy
At taming horses Rarey's great,
'Tis true, there's none surpasses;
Give him the reins of government,
Perhaps he'd tame these asses.
They kick against 'most everything
That comes in shape of reason;
But wait till they get short of corn,
A compromise may please 'em.
Yankee Doodle--that's the talk,
The tune is monstrous clever.
Yankee Doodle shout aloud,
Our Union, now, for ever!
South Car'lina, let her went!
She's always been a cuss, sirs;
E'er since I know'd my A B ab's,
She's tried to pick a fuss, sirs.
Her sons have got no bringing up,
That's plainly to be seen, sirs;
And if I arn't mistaken now,
They're darned eternal mean, sirs.
Yankee Doodle--speak it out
In peals of mighty thunder;
Seceeders soon beyond a doubt,
Will have to stand from under.
There's traitors North, as well as South,
Who keep up agitation;
They never care a pin about
Our Union as a nation.
Oh, dont I wish I had my way!
I'd hang up 'bout a dozen;
Jeru-sa-lem! I think 'twould stop
Their everlasting buzzin'.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
'Twill stand all kinds of weather;
"Hail Columbia"--"Spangled Banner"--
Sing 'em all together.
Burst all my buttons off my coat,
Knock my boots asunder;
I'm mad as forty--yes I am,
And is it any wonder?
To see our glorious Union thus,
On the brink of dissolution:
By treason now combining 'gainst
Our Laws and Constitution.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
It suits all kinds of weather;
While Hail Columbia's happy land
Can keep us all together.
They first pull down our stars and stripes,
And seize our forts and ships, sirs;
Then swear that we're coercing them,
If we open but our lips, sirs.
Now, darn my picters if it's right;
'Mongst traitors they must rank in;
If Uncle Sam warn't over kind,
He'd give 'em all a spankin'.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
It comes tarnation handy;
'Twill do to sing and fight and play,
Will Yankee Doodle Dandy
At taming horses Rarey's great,
'Tis true, there's none surpasses;
Give him the reins of government,
Perhaps he'd tame these asses.
They kick against 'most everything
That comes in shape of reason;
But wait till they get short of corn,
A compromise may please 'em.
Yankee Doodle--that's the talk,
The tune is monstrous clever.
Yankee Doodle shout aloud,
Our Union, now, for ever!
South Car'lina, let her went!
She's always been a cuss, sirs;
E'er since I know'd my A B ab's,
She's tried to pick a fuss, sirs.
Her sons have got no bringing up,
That's plainly to be seen, sirs;
And if I arn't mistaken now,
They're darned eternal mean, sirs.
Yankee Doodle--speak it out
In peals of mighty thunder;
Seceeders soon beyond a doubt,
Will have to stand from under.
There's traitors North, as well as South,
Who keep up agitation;
They never care a pin about
Our Union as a nation.
Oh, dont I wish I had my way!
I'd hang up 'bout a dozen;
Jeru-sa-lem! I think 'twould stop
Their everlasting buzzin'.
Yankee Doodle--stick to that,
'Twill stand all kinds of weather;
"Hail Columbia"--"Spangled Banner"--
Sing 'em all together.
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from Hardtacks CIVIL WAR SONGSTER Companion,
released October 1, 2013
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