 | James Kirke Paulding - History - 1825 - 256 pages
...fiddler played Yankee Doodle, the black gentleman vociferating all the while, in concert— " Yankee doodle keep it up, " Yankee doodle dandy ; " Mind the music and the step, " And with the gal»* be handy." " But how did it happen," said I, " that the black gentleman, alias the little Frenchman,... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - American literature - 1825 - 284 pages
...played Yankee Doodle, the black gentleman vociferating all the while, in concert — • ,» " Yankee doodle keep it up, " Yankee doodle dandy ; " Mind the music and the step, " And with the gals" be handy." "But how did it happen," said I, "that the black gentleman, alias the little Frenchman,... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - History - 1825 - 314 pages
...fiddler played Yankee Doodle^ the black gentleman vociferating all the while, in concert— *. " Yankee doodle keep it up, ' -, " Yankee doodle dandy ; " Mind the music and the step, " And with the gals* be handy." " " But how did it happen," said I, " that the black gentleman, alias the little Frenchman,... | |
 | Ebenezer Fox - History - 1838 - 270 pages
...could not hold 'em ; So then they went to Fed-'ral-street, And there the truth was told 'em. Yankee doodle, keep it up ! Yankee doodle dandy ; Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. They ev'ry morning went to prayer, And then begun disputing, Till opposition silenc'd were By arguments... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - Constitutional history - 1856 - 476 pages
...could not hold 'em, So then they went to Fed'ral Street, And there the truth was told 'em — Yankee doodle, keep it up ! Yankee doodle, dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. They ev'ry morning went to prayer, And then began disputing, 'Till opposition silenc'd were, By arguments... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...this as it may, he is now so fairly "naturalized," that no " American " will dispute .his " papers." Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain...as 'Squire David; And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved. The 'lasses they eat every day, Would keep an house a winter; They have so... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...camp, Along with Captain Tooding, And there we sec the men and boys, As thick as hasty pudding. Yankee Doodle, keep it up ; Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be bandy. And there we sec a thousand men, As rich as Squire David, And what they wasted every day, I... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Judges - 1859 - 514 pages
...Hancock, like a man 'Who dearly loves the nation, By a coneil'atory plan, Prevented much vexation. Yankee doodle, keep it up ! Yankee doodle, dandy ! Mind the music and the step, And with the girb be handy. He made a woundy Fed'ral speech, With sense and elocution ; And then the 'Vention did... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - History - 1861 - 500 pages
...Hancock, like a man Who dearly loves the nation, By a coneil'atory plan, Prevented much vexation. Yankee doodle, keep it up ! Yankee doodle, dandy ! Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. He made a woundy Fed'ral speech, With sense and elocution ; And then the 'Vention did beseech T' adopt... | |
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Chorus Yankee Doodle, keep it up,, Yankee Doodle, dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. 
