Coba jelasin Versi lengkap dari Yankee Doodle dong

Versi lengkap lagu ini adalah:Fath'r and I went down to camp,

Along with Captain Goodin',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 we saw a thousand men

As rich as Squire David,And what they wasted ev'ry day,

I wish it could be saved.Yankee Doodle &c.

And there we saw a swamping gun,Large as a log of maple,

Upon a deuced little cart,A load for father's cattle.

Yankee Doodle &c.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.Yankee Doodle &c.

Cousin Simon grew so bold,I thought he would have cock'd it.

It scared me so, I shrieked it off,And hung by father's pocket.

Yankee Doodle &c.I saw a little barrel too,

The heads were made of leather.They knocked on it with little clubs

And called the folks together.Yankee Doodle &c.

And there was Captain Washington,And gentlefolks about him.

They say he's grown so tarnal proud,He will not ride without them.

Yankee Doodle &c.He got himself in meeting-clothes,

Upon a slapping stallion.He set the world along in rows,

In hundreds and in millions.Yankee Doodle &c.

The flaming ribbons in his hat,They looked so taring fine, ah,

I wanted pockily to get,To give to my Jemimah.

Dalam masa Perang Saudara, pihak selatan menambahkan lirik baru:

Yankee Doodle had a mind

To whip the Southern rebels,

Because they did not choose to live

On codfish from his tables.

Yankee Doodle, fa, so la,

And so to keep his courage up,

He took a drink of brandy.

Selain itu di selatan dikenal juga variasi yang berjudul "Dixie Doodle":

Dixie whipped old Yankee Doodle

Yankeedom had best look out

And take a timely warning.

Hurrah! for our Dixie land,

Southern boys to arms will stand

And whip the dark marauders.

Versi yang diajarkan ke anak sekolah sekarang adalah:

Yankee Doodle went to town

He stuck a feather in his hat

Yankee Doodle, keep it up

Yankee Doodle round the world

As sweet as sugar candy

Pada tahun 1930-an, penyanyi jazz Billie Holiday merekam versi parodi lagu ini:

Yankee Doodle never went to town

I've just discovered the story was phony

Let me give you all the real low-down

He didn’t even own a pony

Lagu ini dimainkan dalam film Yankee Doodle Dandy

Lagu tema film seri televisi Roger Ramjet dan Barney & Friends menggunakan melodi lagu ini.

Iklan untuk mainan Magna Doodle pada tahun 1990-an menggunakan melodi lagu ini.