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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hasty pudding is a pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water. In the United States, it often refers specifically to a version made primarily with ground ("Indian") corn, and it is mentioned in the lyrics of "Yankee Doodle", a traditional American song of the 18th century.
Tony Award-winning actor Joel Grey played Cohan in the original Broadway cast and performed the song for the soundtrack. One of its earliest recordings was by Billy Murray. His recording's short instrumental interludes contain the two closing lines of the chorus to The Yankee Doodle Boy, which was the other famous song from Little Johnny Jones:
Yip Harburg. " Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? " is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby. The song tells the story of the universal everyman, whose honest work towards ...
When I Come Back To You (We'll Have A Yankee-Doodle Wedding) is a World War I song written and composed by William Tracey and Jack Stern. The song was first published in 1918 by Douglas & Newman Music in New York, NY .The sheet music cover depicts a soldier hugging a woman with the Liberty Bell in the background.
Iowa's "The Song of Iowa" uses the tune from the song "O Tannenbaum" as its melody. The same tune is used for " Maryland, My Maryland " which was Maryland's state song from 1939 to 2021. Arizona has a song that was written specifically as a state anthem in 1915, as well as the 1981 country hit "Arizona", which it adopted as the alternate state ...