The first is that it comes from the Native American pronunciation of the word English, “Yengees.” Another possibility is that the word comes from a rude jingle about Oliver Cromwell.ĭoodle means fool or simpleton in old English, which would mean that a Yankee Doodle was an English fool.Ī dandy was a middle class person who dressed fancy in order to impersonate the aristocrats.Īs for that macaroni, it was a reference to the excessive fashion of the dandy English youth during the 1700s. Some historians have speculated that there are two possible origins for the word Yankee. There are many different lyrics for the Yankee Doodle song, but what does it all mean?Īccording to common beliefs, some of the original verses of Yankee Doodle were sung by the British to make fun of the colonials who fought beside the British during the French and Indian War. However, when it came to the phrase “Yankee Doodle,” I ran into all sorts of trouble. There are innumerable songs written to this simple, but catchy tune. We can find it in the old nursery rhymes, such as: With absolute certainty, I can say that the tune for Yankee Doodle has been with us since antiquity. Instead, several hours into the research and I am no more certain as to the song’s origin than as I was when I woke up this morning. When I first sat down to research the origin of the Yankee Doodle song, I thought that it was going to be a quick, one-hour project.
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