Doodle came to town a -ridin' on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his cap and
Father and I went down to
And there we saw the men and boys as
Find the music and the step and
And there they'd fife away like fun and
play on cornstalk middles,
And some had ribbons red as blood all
bound around their middles.
Find the music and the step and
Washington upon a slappin' stallion,
A -givin' orders to his men.
I guess there was a million.
Find the music and the steppin'
with the girls behind thee.
And there I see a little keg,
its head were made of leather,
They knocked upon with little sticks,
To call the men together,
Find the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
And there they had a swapping gun,
As big as a log of maple,
A load for father's cattle.
Find the music and the step,
And did the girls be happy?
And every time they fired it
off it took a horn of powder
It made a noise like father's gun
Find the music and the step and
It scared me so I hooked it off
Nor stopped as I remember
Your turn about till I got home
Locked up in mother's chamber
Yankee doodle dee dee dah
Hide and seek at the step
And with a gun they had me