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Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni. [Chorus] Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, [a] And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. [Chorus]
James Cagney as George M. Cohan performing "The Yankee Doodle Boy" in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Verse 1. I'm the kid that's all the candy, 1 I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, I'm glad I am, So's Uncle Sam. I'm a real live Yankee Doodle, Made my name and fame and boodle, Just like Mister Doodle did, by riding on a pony. I love to listen to the Dixie ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical drama film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". [2] It stars James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston , and Richard Whorf , and features Irene Manning , George Tobias , Rosemary DeCamp , Jeanne Cagney , and Vera Lewis .
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961) The song was used decades later for a 1960-1961 ABC television series, Harrigan and Son, about a father-and-son law firm. Its lead players, Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry, would sing the song, silhouetted behind the closing credits of the show.
The stamp depicts both the older Cohan and his younger self as a dancer, with the tag line "Yankee Doodle Dandy". It was designed by Jim Sharpe. [32] In 1999, Captain Kenneth R. Force and the United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band led a successful effort to preserve Cohan's home on Long Island.
James Cagney appeared in a play-within-a-play staging of numbers and dances from Little Johnny Jones in the 1942 film, Yankee Doodle Dandy. David Cassidy starred in a touring revival in 1981. [ 18 ] After previewing at Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House and touring, [ 19 ] a 1982 revival, adapted by Alfred Uhry and starring Donny Osmond in the ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Nora Bayes; Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (1942, Documentary short) as Herself; Combat America (1943, Documentary) as Herself; Follow the Band (1943) as Herself; Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Babs Lee; This Is the Army (1943) as Herself; Never a Dull Moment (1943) as Julie Russell; Career Girl (1944) as Joan Terry
The song is related to a number of tunes of the 19th century and the origin of these songs has been widely debated. [3] [4] Links to older Irish/Scottish/English ballads have been proposed, such as "The Old Rose Tree". The song became highly popular and many variations of the song exist. It was also frequently adapted and used in popular media.