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Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni. [Chorus] Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, [a] And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. [Chorus]
The Yankee Doodle Boy. " The Yankee Doodle Boy ", also known as " (I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy " is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones, written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on November 7, 1904. The play concerns the trials and tribulations of a fictional American jockey, Johnny Jones ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical drama film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". [2] It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed ...
George M. Cohan. George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 [1] – November 5, 1942) was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans". Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in ...
Harrigan (song) " Harrigan " is a song written by George M. Cohan for the short-lived 1908 Broadway musical Fifty Miles from Boston when it was introduced by James C. Marlowe. [1] It celebrates, and to some extent mocks, his own Irish heritage. It is also an affectionate homage to Edward Harrigan, a previous great Irish American contributor to ...
1904 sheet music cover. "Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan for his musical play Little Johnny Jones which debuted in 1904 in New York. Cohan, playing the title character, sings this song as his friend is about to sail to America, looking for evidence aboard the ship that will clear his name for allegedly throwing ...
Yankee Doodle, [b] do or die. Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit. Yankee [c] to the ranks from the towns and the tanks. [d] Make your mother proud of you And the old red, white, and blue. [e] Chorus Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, The drums rum ...
1906 Broadway. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway is a three-act musical by George M. Cohan written about New Rochelle, New York. [1] The title refers to the 45-minute train ride from New Rochelle to Broadway. [2] The musical debuted on January 1, 1906 at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway and ran for 90 performances before closing on March 17.