George Cohan Medley
Various versions with various verses out there. This is what I play.
Verse 1
[C] Yankee Doodle [F?] went to town [C] riding on a pony
[C] Stuck a feather [F] in his hat and [G] called it [C] macaroni
Chorus
[F] Yankee Doodle keep it up [C] Yankee Doodle dandy
[F] Mind the music and the step, and [C] with the [G] girls be [C] handy
Verse 2
[C] Father and I went [F?] down to camp [C] Along with Captain Gooding
[C] And there we saw the [F] men and boys as [G] thick as hasty [C] pudding
Chorus
[F] Yankee Doodle keep it up [C] Yankee Doodle dandy
[F] Mind the music and the step and [C] with the [G] girls be [C] handy
Verse 3
[C] There was Captain [F?] Washington [C] Upon a slapping stallion
[C] Giving orders [F] to his men - I [G] guess there was a [C] million
Chorus
[F] Yankee Doodle keep it up [C] Yankee Doodle dandy
[F] Mind the music and the step and [C] with the [G] girls be [C] handy
Verse 4
[C] And there we saw a [F?] thousand men [C] As rich as Squire David
[C] And what they wasted [F] every day I [G] wish it could be sa- [C] -ved
Chorus
[F] Yankee Doodle keep it up. [C] Yankee Doodle dandy
[F] Mind the music and the step and [C] with the [G] girls be [C] handy
Verse 5
[C] And there I saw a [F?] pumpkin shell [C] As big as mother's basin
[C] And every time they [F] touched it off. [F] They [G] scamper'd like the [C] nation
Chorus
[F] Yankee Doodle keep it up [C] Yankee Doodle dandy
[F] Mind the music and the step, and [C] with the [G] girls be [C] handy
SWITCH TO YANKEE DOODLE BOY
