YANKEE DOODLE FLEA

Cicero Sings a New Song While Marching
Out to Battle; the Fleas Hang Their Heads
for Days Gone By and Weep


1. Oh, say can you see
That Yankee Doodle flea
The twisted way it stares at me
I must be an Anty Doodle dandy.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

2. I'm so glad I am
A real live anty
Ridin' on a pony
Owned by Uncle Sam
You'd think the deuce was in me.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

3. Father and I went on a tramp
Along with General Moodin'
Yankee Doodle, do or die
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
And soon we came upon a flea
Stuck to a hasty puddin'
That surely made it cry.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

4. Yankee Doodle flea
And all of its Rebel mates
Posted a firm decree
Agin' those awful anty traitors
Because they didn't choose to live
On blood and potaters.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

5. Yankee Doodle, doodle doo
Yankee Doodle dandy
And all of its handy crew
Had to keep their courage up
They took a drink of brandy

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

6. Yankee Doodle, doodle flea
And all of its hard-chargin' minions
Got into some flapjacks and some onions
For the good ol' boys to carry home
To the lassies and the young'uns.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

7. Yankee Doodle flea
Had a mind to make a speech
'Twas very full of feelin'
I fear, said he, we cannot fight
And we're not very good at kneelin'.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.

8. And the feathers on their hats
Drooped so tarnal fin-a
I grabbed my old 'kerchief
To dry my eyes for din-a.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep on cryin'
For what you're up to ain't a-flyin'
Mind the music and the step
And for the phonies be their rep
Yankee Doodle dandy.