Words and music by George M. Cohan, 1904.
Cohan was advertised as the Yankee Doodle comedian.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. I’m the kid that’s all the candy, I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
I’m glad I am, so’s 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 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 phoney?
Chorus
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, a Yankee Doodle do or die
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam’s, 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
2. 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 upon 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 seem anything about my pedigree that’s phoney?
Sung here by Fred Feild: