Yankee Doodle Rhythm
George Gershwin * Track #1 On Strike Up the Band (Original)
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Yankee Doodle Rhythm by George Gershwin
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This strongly syncopated song was composed for the 1927 Broadway musical Strike Up the Band and details how American music is in the process of conquering the world.
Yankee Doodle Rhythm Lyrics
(Verse)
Talk about the music of the Sirens
And the pipes of Pan
Talk about the music of the minstrel
And Pied Piper man
Well, sir, their day is through now
For everything is blue now
Listen to the piping of the jazzbo
Real American
(Chorus)
Oh, Yankee Doodle rhythm
Is in demand
In every land
Upon the map
Yankee Doodle rhythm
They love it so
The Eskimo
The Greek and Lapp
It's an insidious rhythm
Making the universe dance
Carrying everything with 'em
Every gringo
Speaks the lingo
It'll start a riot
Of stamping feet
It's got a beat
That brings good news
It's the daily diet
Of every band
In this land
Of blues
Dancing that tick-l-ish tempo
Everything else is passé
Yankee Doodle rhythm
It wins the cup
It's burning up
The world today!
Yankee Doodle Rhythm Q&A
Who wrote Yankee Doodle Rhythm's ?
Yankee Doodle Rhythm was written by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.