Arthur Freed / Bernie Hanighan
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Yankee Doodle never went to town
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I just discovered the story was phony
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Let me give you all the real low-down
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He didn't even own a pony
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He was really very short and fat
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While in the story so skinny and moany
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And so hungry that he ate his hat
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And called the felt macaroni
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Underneath the chestnut tree
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He and the blacksmith would sip that tea
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Then he'd bring out his uniform down
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That's how he went to town
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Yankee Doodle tried to leave one day
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Took his belongings and mounted his saddle
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But he never got it on his way
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Cause he didn't have a pony
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And the fairy tale is phony
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How could Yankee Doodle go to town?
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YANKEE DOODLE NEVER WENT TO TOWN
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| Billie Holiday |
