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 .Amerikaans volksliedje uit de 18e eeuw. Het humoristische Amerikaanse volkslied "Yankee Doodle" ontstond rond het midden van de 18e eeuw en werd in 1798 voor het eerst in Philadelphia gedrukt. Vooral in de Amerikaanse onafhankelijkheidsoorlog (VS) werd dit lied als nationaalhymne gezongen.
The origins of the tune Yankee Doodle are lost to history now but by the middle of the 18th century the melody was being sung to words ridiculing American colonial soldiers particularly during the French & Indian Wars.
Of course Yankee Doodle was soon adopted by the American revolutionary soldiers with words more to the liking of the American patriot many of which are still sung by American school children today.
Why did yankee doodle stick a feather in his hat and call it macaroni? Back in Pre-Revolutionary America when the song "Yankee Doodle" was first popular, the singer was not referring to the pasta "macaroni" in the line that reads "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni".
"Macaroni" was a fancy ("dandy") style of Italian dress widely imitated in England at the time. So by just sticking a feather in his cap and calling himself a "Macaroni" (a "dandy"), Yankee Doodle was proudly proclaiming himself to be a country bumpkin, because that was how the English regarded most colonials at that time.
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Charybdis - Yankee Doodle
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