Yankee Doodle
In 1755 a British army medical surgeon Richard Shuckburgh, while campaigning in
Rensselaer New York, penned the nursery rhyme Yankee Doodle. This was used to mock
the Colonists by the British soldiers, with whom they served in the seven years French and
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Categories:
yankee doodle, independence day, military, nursery
Form: Rhyme
Yankee Doodle In King Joe B's Court
Feathered hat, fife and drum
Doodle's entrance a smash
Though in the air, all around him
float sweet marijuana and hash
'Young lady,' begins Doodle - O, the naivete!
'I'm a he not a she,' the young thing announces
'Are you non-binary, (you)
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Categories:
yankee doodle, crazy, identity, nostalgia, time,
Form: Rhyme
A Yankee Doodle Senior
I'm a Yankee Drooling Senior
Trousers pulled up nipple high
Food stains on my shirt and in my hair
Happy but I don't know why
Got to see my family doctor
Really painful when I pee
All you people hear me farting
Better hide the children
Cause I am about to let one fly
(To the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Apologies to George M.
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Categories:
yankee doodle, fun,
Form: Free verse
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
It’s where I’ve fallen and where I lay.
Ashes to ashes, cradle to grave,
Where drums roll and the fife is played.
Where the bell tolls, it tolls for me.
Dust to dust, pray tell, “It’s Liberty!—
It’s Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
It’s where I lie and where I’ll be
When they come to bury me.
Cover me, and let me rest
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Categories:
yankee doodle, america, independence day, patriotic,
Form: Verse
Yankee Doodle Detonated
Brave young men, missions of laughter
Returnees ~ wounded ever after
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Categories:
yankee doodle, song, war,
Form: Crystalline
Yankee Doodle Returns To Town
Yankee Doodle
had a poodle,
and its name was Tony.
He fed this dog on fish and chips
and lots of macaroni.
Yankee Doodle
lacks a poodle.
Now he has a terrier.
Every day it learns new tricks.
The more it learns, the merrier.
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Categories:
yankee doodle, dog, humor, pets,
Form: Burlesque
Yankee Doodle One-Upped
A rich couple went to see two pedigree French poodles
Sorry, no poodles for sale -- they're busy playing canoodle
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Categories:
yankee doodle, dog, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Yankee Doodle Went To Maine
Yankee Doodle went to Maine
Riding on a snail.
By the time he reached Bangor,
He was old and frail!
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Categories:
yankee doodle, children
Form: Rhyme