Yankee Doodle Dandy

by George M. Cohan [a patriotic song that's also known as "The Yankee Doodle Boy" from Little Johnny Jones, a 1904 musical, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, a 1942 film]

I'm the kid that's all the candy,
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
I'm glad I am,
So's [my] Uncle Sam.
I'm a real live Yankee Doodle,
Made my name and fame and boodle,
Just like Mister Doodle did,
By riding on a pony.
I love to listen to the Dixey [sic: Dixie] strain,
I long to see the girl I left behind me;
And that ain't a josh,
She's a Yankee, by gosh.
Oh, say can you see
Anything about a Yankee that's a phony?

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die.
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London
Just to ride the ponies,
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.

Father's name was Hezikiah,
Mother's name was Ann Maria;
Yanks through and through,
Red, White and Blue.
Father was so Yankee-hearted,
When the Spanish War was started,
He slipped on his uniform and hopped up on a pony.
My mother's mother was a Yankee true,
My father's father was a Yankee too,
And that's going some
For the Yankees, by gum.
Oh, say can you see
Anything about my pedigree that's phony?

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die.
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London
Just to ride the ponies,
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.