Yankee Doodle Went to Town
Yankee Doodle
Big Book of Nursery Rhymes. Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 1920.
Yankee Doodle came to town,
Mounted on a pony;
He stuck a feather in his cap
And called it Maccaroni.
Yankee Doodle came to town,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
He stuck a feather in his cap
And called it sugar-candy.
The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.
Yankee Doodle went to town
Upon a little pony;
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it Macaroni.
Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony.
Stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni!
Tags - New England - Colonies - Yankees - Yankee Doodle - Animal - Pony - Feather - Hat - Macaroni -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -