“Doodle Dandy”

Description

"Doodle, doodle, doodle dandy, Cornstalks, rum, and homemade brandy, Indian pudding and pumpkin pie, And that'll make the Yankees fly! Ev'ry Yankee shall have on his back A great big pumpkin in a sack, A little molasses and a piece of pork...."

Supplemental text

Doodle Dandy
  Complete text(s)

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From Anne Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne &
Frank Warner Collection, #192 p. 435. From Roy Walworth, apparently
of New York, 1940.

Doodle, doodle, doodle dandy,
Corn-stalks, rum, and home-made brandy,
Indian pudding and pumpkin gravy,
And that'll make the Yankees fly!
Ev'ry Yankee shall have on his back
A great big pumpkin in a sack,
A little molasses and a piece of pork,
And away we'll march straight for New York!

Notes

Said by Roy Walworth (the Warners' informant) to have been sung by Washington's troops as they marched for New York in 1783 after the British left the town following the American Revolution. - RBW

References

1. Warner 192, "Doodle Dandy" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST Wa192 (Full)
3. Roud #16407
4. BI, Wa192