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 -