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A real Character at the late Masquerade", a 1773 mezzotint by Philip Dawe. The tune of "Yankee Doodle" is thought to be much older than the lyrics, being well known across western Europe, including England, France, Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. [3] The melody of the song may have originated from an Irish tune "All the way to Galway" in which ...
The Yankee Doodle Boy. " The Yankee Doodle Boy ", also known as " (I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy " is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones, written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on November 7, 1904. The play concerns the trials and tribulations of a fictional American jockey, Johnny Jones ...
Paul V. Yoder 's arrangement of "You're a Grand Old Flag"'s chorus, as performed by a United States Army band. " You're a Grand Old Flag " is an American patriotic march. The song, a spirited march written by George M. Cohan, is a tribute to the U.S. flag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular ...
Yankee Doodle, do or die. Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit. Yankee to the ranks from the towns and the tanks. Make your mother proud of you And the old red, white, and blue. Chorus Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
1918. Label. Victor. Songwriter (s) George M. Cohan. When You Come Back (and You Will Come Back, There's the Whole World Waiting for You) is a World War I era song written and composed by George M. Cohan and produced by M. Whitmark and Sons, New York in 1918.
1917. Label. A.J. Stasny Music Co. Songwriter (s) Will Hart. Composer (s) Ed Nelson. " When Yankee Doodle Learns to "Parlez Vous Français" " is a World War I song published by A.J. Stasny Music Co. Based on estimates of sales, a performance of the song by Arthur Fields in 1918 was ranked #8 in the United States when it was featured on his Oh ...
Bingo (folk song) " Bingo " (also known as " Bingo Was His Name-O ", " There Was a Farmer Had a Dog " or " B-I-N-G-O ") is an English language children's song and folksong about a farmer’s dog. [1] Additional verses are sung by omitting the first letter sung in the previous verse and clapping or barking the number of times instead of actually ...
John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs.