Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni

Father and I went down to camp
Along with Captain Gooden
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

And there they'd fife away like fun
And play on cornstalk fiddles
And some had ribbons red as blood
All bound around their middles

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

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

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

We saw a little barrel, too
The heads were made of leather
They knocked upon it with little clubs
And called the folks together

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

And then we saw a swamping gun
Large as a log of maple
Upon a deuced little cart
A load for father's cattle

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

And every time they shoot it off
It takes a horn of powder
It makes a noise like father's gun
Only a nation louder

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

It scared me so I hooked it off
Nor stopped, as I remember
Nor turned about till I got home
Locked up in mother's chamber