THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY
Words and Music by George M. Cohan (Info)
1905

Original Sheet Music

14-Bar Intro

Verse 1

                      F       C7         F       C7
                      I'M THE KID THAT'S ALL THE CAN-DY,
                         F     C7      F       C7
                         I'M A YAN-KEE DOO-DLE DAN-DY
                        G7             C7
                        I'M GLAD I AM; SO'S UN-CLE SAM,
                        F     C7        F       C7
                        I'M A REAL LIVE YAN-KEE DOO-DLE,
                       F       C7       F        C7
                       MADE MY NAME AND FAME AND BOO-DLE,
              F         C7  F7  D7      G7     C7           F
              JUST LIKE MIS-TER DOO-DLE DID BY RID-ING ON A PO-NY,
                    F
                    I LOVE TO LIS-TEN TO THE DIX-IE STRAIN,
                   F                             G7
                   I LONG TO SEE THE GIRL I LEFT BE-HIND ME;
                   C7                         F
               AND THAT AIN'T A JOSH, SHE'S A YAN-KEE, BY GOSH!
                            F
                            OH,SAY CAN YOU SEE
                  D° C7
                A-NY-THING A-BOUT A YAN-KEE THAT'S A PHON-EY?
 
 

                        F        C7       F     C7
                        FA-THERS NAME WAS HEZ-I-KI-AH,
                        F         C7       F      C7
                        MOTH-ER'S NAME WAS ANN MA-RI-A,
                G7                          C7
                YANK'S THROUGH AND THROUGH! RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
                       F       C7     F       C7
                       FA-THER WAS SO YAN-KEE HEART-ED,
                      F        C7       F       C7
                      WHEN THE SPAN-ISH WAR WAS START-ED,
             F          C7 F7  D7   G7       C7             F
             HE SLIPPED ON HIS UN-I-FORM AND HOPPED UP-ON A PO-NY,
                   F
                   MY MOTH-ER'S MOTH-ER WAS A YAN-KEE,TRUE,
                   F                          G7
                   MY FA-THER'S FA-THER WAS A YAN-KEE, TOO;
               G7  C7                          F
               AND THAT'S GO-ING SOME, FOR THE YAN-KEE, BY GUM!
                           F
                           OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE
                  D°C7                                F
               AN-Y-THING A-BOUT MY PED-GREE THAT'S A PHON-EY?