[G]Father and I went down to [D7]camp,
[G]Along with Captain [D7]Gooding;
And [G]there we saw the [C]men and boys,
As [D7]thick as hasty [G]pudding.
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[C]Yankee doodle, [D7]keep it [G]up,
[D7]Yankee doodle [G]dandy;
[C]Mind the music [D7]and the [G]step,
And [D7]with the girls [G]be handy.
[G]There was Captain [D7]Washington
[G]Upon a slapping [D7]stallion,
[G]A-giving orders [C]to his men,
I [D7]guess there was a [G]million.
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And [G]then the feathers on his [D7]hat,
They [G]looked so' tarnal [D7]fin-a,
I [G]wanted pockily [C]to get
To [D7]give to my [G]Jemima.
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And [G]then we saw a swamping [D7]gun,
Large [G]as a log of [D7]maple;
[G]Upon a deuced [C]little cart,
A [D7]load for father's [G]cattle.
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And [G]every time they shoot it [D7]off,
It [G]takes a horn of [D7]powder;
It [G]makes a noise like [C]father's gun,
[D7]Only a nation [G]louder.
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I [G]went as nigh to one [D7]myself,
As' [G]Siah's [D7]underpinning;
And [G]father went as [C]nigh agin,
I [D7]thought the deuce was [G]in him.
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We [G]saw a little barrel, [D7]too,
The [G]heads were made of [D7]leather;
They [G]knocked upon it with [C]little clubs,
And [D7]called the folks [G]together.
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And [G]there they'd fife away like [D7]fun,
And [G]play on cornstalk [D7]fiddles,
And [G]some had ribbons [C]red as blood,
All [D7]bound around their [G]middles.
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The [G]troopers, too, would gallop [D7]up
And [G]fire right in our [D7]faces;
[G]It scared me [C]almost to death
To [D7]see them run such [G]races.
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[G]Uncle Sam came there to [D7]change
Some [G]pancakes and some [D7]onions,
For' [G]lasses cake to [C]carry home
To [D7]give his wife and [G]young ones.
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