It’s actually a somewhat sardonic song. Which is why we sang it back in the redcoats’ face. Or so my civics texts assured me.
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Tag: yankee doodle dandy
#rsrh ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ (Fife and drum)
A …well-known fact, but perhaps not often contemplated one: that song was originally written to mock Americans.
True, lots of people have mocked Americans over the years – oddly enough, they tended to come to a bad end afterward.
Probably just bad luck.