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Father and I went down to camp, along with Captain Goodwin, 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 was Captain Washington, upon a slapping stallion, A-giving orders to his men&mdash;I guess there was a million.

Yankee Doodle, &c.

And there they had a swamping gun, as big as a log of maple, On a deuced little cart&mdash;a load for father's cattle.

Yankee Doodle, &c.

But I can't tell you half I see, they kept up such a smother: So I took my hat off, made a bow, and scampered home to mother.

Yankee Doodle, &c.

Ye gallant sons of Liberty, Who bravely have defended Your country's right, by land or sea, And to her cause attended. Yankee Doodle is the tune The Americans delight in. It will do to whistle, sing and play, And just the thing for fighting.

Upon the ocean's wide domain Our tars are firm and true, sirs, And Freedom's cause they will maintain, With Yankee Doodle doo, sirs. Yankee Doodle, &c.

The Fourth day of July, 'tis said, That day did Britain rue, sirs, When an independent tune we play'd, Call'd Yankee Doodle doo, sirs. Yankee Doodle, &c.

Columbia's sons did then declare They would be independent, And for King George they would not care, Nor yet for his descendant. Yankee Doodle, &c.

British tars think that they can Whip Yankees one to two, sirs, But only give us man to man, They'll see what we can do, sirs. Yankee Doodle, &c.

Yankee Doodle, boys, huzza! Down outside up the middle. Yankee Doodle, fa so la, Trunpet, drum and fiddle. Yankee Doodle, &c.