July 24th Yankee Doodle

July 24th Yankee Doodle On this day in 1775, during the Revolutionary War, the newly appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army was busy organizing his troops. As he rode through the camps on the hills outside Boston, George Washington surely heard his men singing a ditty they had taken a liking to, with words that started… "Yankee Doodle went to town, / a'riding on a pony . . ." The origins of the song are obscure, but British soldiers reportedly sang it during the French and Indian War to mock shabby American troops. "Yankee" was a nickname for New Englanders. The term may have come from Yengee, an Indian pronunciation for the word "English." A "doodle" was a nitwit. According to the song, Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni. "Macaroni" was slang for a dandy young man who liked to dress in style. Once the Revolutionary War began, Patriot soldiers proudly appropriated the song. At Bunker Hill they sang the verse: Father and I went down to camp, along with Captain Good'in, And there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty puddin'. After George Washington took command of the army, a new verse appeared: And there was Captain Washington upon a slapping stallion, A'giving orders to his men; I guess there was a million. The song became a favorite of fife and drum bands, and it is said the Patriots played "Yankee Doodle" when the British surrendered at Yorktown.   Carl Ray Louk "FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS" SG-1996 "LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY" SG-2000 "THE PHOENIX SHALL RISE" SD "EVEN A MAN WHO IS PURE IN HEART AND SAYS HIS PRAYERS BY NIGHT, MAY BECOME A WOLF WHEN THE WOLFBANE BLOOMS AND THE AUTUMN MOON IS BRIGHT." LT-1941 "FLESH OF MY FLESH; BLOOD OF MY BLOOD; KIN OF MY KIN WHEN SAY COME TO YOU, YOU SHALL CROSS LAND OR SEA TO DO MY BIDDING!" CVTD-1895 "FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT THEE, FOR HATE SAKE I SPIT MY LAST BREATH AT THEE" CA-1895  "I HAVE BEEN, AND ALWAYS SHALL BE YOUR FRIEND" Spock  "TRICK OR TREAT, TRICK OR TREAT CANDY IS DANDY BUT MURDER, OH MURDER, IS SO SWEET" CRL-2003  "EYE OF NEWT, AND TOE OF FROG, WOOL OF BAT, AND TONGUE OF DOG ADDER'S FORK, BLIND-WORM'S STING, LIZARD'S LEG, AND OWLET'S WING. FOR A CHARM OF POWERFUL TROUBLE, LIKE A HELL-BROTH BOIL AND BABBLE. DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE, FIRE BURN, AND CALDRON BUBBLE" WS Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarlRayLouk Twitter: www.twitter.com/CarlRayLouk MySpace: www.myspace.com/carlraylouk Yahoo Group: Yahoo! Groups : LouksHauntedGraveyardhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouksHauntedGraveyard/ Yahoo Group: Yahoo! Groups : TheWorldAccordingtoCarlRayLouk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheWorldAccordingtoCarlRayLouk/