Yankee Doodle

Father and I went to camp
Along with Captain Gooding
There we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding

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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
Giving orders to his men
I guess there was a million

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

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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

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Uncle Sam came there to change
Some pancakes and some onions
For' lasses cake to carry home
To give his wife and young ones

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Cousin Simon grew so bold
I thought he would have cocked it
It scared me so I streaked it off
And hung by father's pocket

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And there I saw a pumpkin shell
As big as mother's basin
And every time they touched it off
They scampered like the nation

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