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A real Character at the late Masquerade", a 1773 mezzotint by Philip Dawe. The tune of "Yankee Doodle" is thought to be much older than the lyrics, being well known across western Europe, including England, France, Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. [3] The melody of the song may have originated from an Irish tune "All the way to Galway" in which ...
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, [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 ...
[7] [8] The lyrics refer to "Yankee Doodle Dum", a reference to patriotism, and the evocation of veterans also recalls the mid-1932 Bonus Army protests about military bonuses payable only after 21 years. [9] [10] Harburg said in an interview: "the man is really saying: I made an investment in this country. Where the hell are my dividends? ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical 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 by ...
John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
1921 – A Dangerous Maid (lyrics by Ira Gershwin). Premiered in Atlantic City. 1921 – The Broadway Whirl (co-composed with Harry Tierney, lyrics by Buddy DeSylva, Joseph McCarthy, Richard Carle and John Henry Mears) 1921 – George White's Scandals of 1921 (lyrics by Arthur Jackson, features the song South Sea Isles)
Give My Regards to Broadway. 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 ...