Yankee Doodle (melody)

For works with similar titles, see Yankee Doodle.

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This traditional folk melody dates to mediaeval Europe. It was the tune of a Middle Dutch harvest song and was also used in England as a tune for the nursery rhyme "Lucy Locket". Today it is primarily associated with the American traditional song "Yankee Doodle".

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Versions of Yankee Doodle include:

"A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party", in "The Riverside song book" (1893).
"Yankee Doodle" with traditional lyrics in The Child's Own Music Book (1918),
"Yankee Doodle" with lyrics attributed to Edward Bangs in The Child's Own Music Book (1918)