A new version of "Yankee Doodle," from the "Salem Gazette," July, 1811.
YANKEY SONG.
[The following song was composed a few years since by a gentleman then one of the officers of the Salem regiment, to be sung at the military celebration of the 4th of July. Its wit and pleasantry continues it a favorite with the Yankies, and it was again sung by the Military at Lynn Hotel, and by the Federalists at Washington Hall, on the late anniversary.]
I.
Yankey Doodle is the tune
Americans delight in;
'Twill do to whiſtle, ſing, or play,
And juſt the thing for fighting.
CHORUS.
Yankey Doodle, Boys; Huzza!
Down outſide—up the middle—
Yankey Doodle, fa, ſol, la,
Trumpet, Drum, and Fiddle.
II.
Should Great Britain, Spain, or France
Wage war upon our ſhore, ſir,
We'll lead them ſuch a woundy dance,
They'll find their toes are ſore, ſir.
CHORUS.—Yankey Doodle, &c.
III.