Yankee Doodle

[G]Fath'r and I went down to [D]camp,
A[G]long with Cap'n Goo[D7]din',
And [G]there we saw the [C]men and boys
As [D]thick as hasty [G]puddin'.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]there we saw a thousand [D]men
As [G]rich as Squire Da[D7]vid,
And [G]what they wasted [C]every day,
I [D]wish it could be [G]saved.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

The '[G]lasses they eat it every [D]day,
Would [G]keep a house a win[D7]ter;
They [G]have so much, that [C]I'll be bound,
They [D]eat it when they've [G]mind ter.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]there I see a swamping [D]gun
[G]Large as a log of ma[D7]ple,
U[G]pon a deuced [C]little cart,
A [D]load for father's [G]cattle.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]every time they shoot it [D]off,
It [G]takes a horn of pow[D7]der,
and [G]makes a noise like [C]father's gun,
[D]Only a nation [G]louder.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

I [G]went as nigh to one my[D]self
As '[G]Siah's inder[D7]pinning;
And [G]father went as [C]nigh again,
I [D]thought the deuce was [G]in him.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

[G]Cousin Simon grew so [D]bold,
I [G]thought he would have cocked [D7]it;
It [G]scared me so I [C]shrinked it off
And [D]hung by father's [G]pocket.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]Cap'n Davis had a [D]gun,
He [G]kind of clapt his hand [D7]on't
And [G]stuck a crooked [C]stabbing iron
U[D]pon the little [G]end on't

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]there I see a pumpkin [D]shell
As [G]big as mother's ba[D7]son,
And [G]every time they [C]touched it off
They [D]scampered like the [G]nation.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

I [G]see a little barrel [D]too,
The [G]heads were made of leat[D7]her;
They [G]knocked on it with [C]little clubs
And [D]called the folks to[G]gether.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

And [G]there was Cap'n Washing[D]ton,
And [G]gentle folks about [D7]him;
They [G]say he's grown so '[C]tarnal proud
He [D]will not ride with[G]out em'.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,

[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

He [G]got him on his meeting [D]clothes,
U[G]pon a slapping stall[D7]ion;
He [G]sat the world a[C]long in rows,
In [D]hundreds and in [G]millions.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

The [G]flaming ribbons in his [D]hat,
They [G]looked so tearing fine, [D7]ah,
I [G]wanted dreadfully [C]to get
To [D]give to my Je[G]mima.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

I [G]see another snarl of [D]men
A [G]digging graves they told [D7]me,
So '[G]tarnal long, so '[C]tarnal deep,
They '[D]tended they should [G]hold me.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

It [G]scared me so, I hooked it [D]off,
Nor [G]stopped, as I remem[D7]ber,
Nor [G]turned about till [C]I got home,

Locked [D]up in mother's [G]chamber.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

Lyrics added by the South during the Civil War:

Yankee Doodle went to town
[A]-riding on [A] pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni.

[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

Father and I went down to camp
Along with Captain Gooding
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.
[C]Yankee Doodle keep it up,
[G]Yankee Doodle dandy,
[C]Mind the music and the step,
And [G]with the [D7]girls be [G]handy.

There was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
A-giving orders to his men
I guess there was a million.