Yankee-doodle
(italics) a song with a melody of apparent british origin, popular with american troops during the revolutionary war.
a yankee.
historical examples
a love story a bushman
bird stories edith m. patch
punch, or the london charivari, vol. 150, march 8, 1916 various
noun
an american song, popularly regarded as a characteristically national melody
another name for yankee
yankee doodle came to town
riding on a pony;
he stuck a feather in his hat
and called it macaroni.
yankee doodle, keep it up,
yankee doodle dandy;
mind the music and the step,
and with the girls be handy.
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