Yankee Doodle with Lyrics

When we recently added a phonics poem the tune was to Yankee Doodle Dandy, which most of the students had never heard of.  We had to remedy this in order for the class to sing the poem, so we listened to the Yankee Doodle Song.  They were FASCINATED by the fact that the tune was actually used a MARCHING SONG for troops during the AMERICAN REVOLUTION (parent fun fact-it seems as if the tune was originally an English marching tune and Americans changed the words also to upset the English soldiers).  So many of the kids love to sing our patriotic songs like Grand Old Frag and the Star Spangled Banner, so I really wasn't surprised at how much they enjoyed listening to this oldie, but goody too!