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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
Premium Member 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



Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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

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