"The Yankee Doodle Boy" é uma canção escrita e composta por George M. Cohan para seu musical Little Johnny Jones, que estreou na Broadway em 1904.^[1]

É cantada pelo protagonista principal, um jóquei patriótico americano chamado Johnny Jones, que vai à Inglaterra para disputar o Derby inglês.^[2]

A canção foi criada no palco por George M. Cohan, que desempenhou o papel de Johnny Jones na produção original da Broadway que estreou em 4 de novembro de 1904. Em 2 de dezembro, Billy Murray gravou a canção para o Victor Talking Machine Company.^[2]

A música foi interpretada por James Cagney no filme Yanke Doodle Dandy, no qual ele interpretou Cohan.^[3]

Verso 1

I'm the kid that's all the candy, ¹

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

I'm glad I am,

So's Uncle Sam.

I'm a real live Yankee Doodle,

Made my name and fame and boodle,

Just like Mister Doodle did, by riding on a pony.

I love to listen to the Dixie strain,

I long to see the girl I left behind me;

That ain't a josh,

She's a Yankee, by gosh.

Oh, say can you see,

Anything about a Yankee that's a phony?

Verso 2

Father's name was Hezikiah,

Mother's name was Ann Maria, ²

Yanks through and through.

Red, White and Blue

Father was so Yankee-hearted,

When the Spanish war was started,

He slipped on a uniform and hopped upon a pony.

My mother's mother was a Yankee true,

My father's father was a Yankee too:

That's going some,

For the Yankees, by gum.

Oh, say can you see

Anything about my pedigree that's phony?

Refrão

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle, do or die;

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July.

I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's my Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London, just to ride the ponies;

I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.