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See media help. " Yankee Doodle " is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. [1] It is often sung patriotically in the United States today. It is the state song of the U.S. state of Connecticut. [2] Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501.
Sheet music cover, 1910. " Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me " is a popular song, first published in 1910, and written by Thomas J. Gray and Fred Fisher. Although largely forgotten today (like many popular songs of the era), a 1911 recording of the song by Billy Murray on Zon-O-Phone Records survives ...
This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song. Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
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 ...
Yankee Doodles soundly slept Upon their greasy pillows, While Dixie boys, with muffled oars, Were gliding o'er the billows. 3. Yankee Doodles, grease your heels, Make ready to be running, For Dixie boys are near at hand, Surpassing you in cunning. 4. Anderson, the gallant brave, Who broke upon their slumbers, E'en little girls and boys shall sing
Give My Regards to Broadway. 1904 sheet music cover. "Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan for his musical play Little Johnny Jones which debuted in 1904 in New York . Cohan, playing the title character, sings this song as his friend is about to sail to America, looking for evidence aboard the ship that will clear ...
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.
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical 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. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by ...