2.  It was used as a nursery rhyme in England  The song surfaced during the French and Indian War in America  Doodle means “a fool” or “simpleton” and dandy means “a gentlemen” in the song  It is the state anthem of Connecticut

3.  “Yankee Doodle” was written in 1775  It was written by Richard Schuckburg  It was written someday in April around the 19th

4.  There are modern versions of the song  There are also earlier versions  The British sang it first to mock the colonists, but then the colonists started singing it also  “Yankee Doodle” is an American-Anglo song that dates back to the Seven Years’ War

5.  It was the most famous song of the Revolutionary War.  Both sides used it to boost the morale of the soldiers.  New Englanders were "Yankees" and they considered them country bumpkins or "doodles."

6.  http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Yankee_Doodl e.h http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Yankee_Doodl e.h  http://www.earlyamerica.com/music/yankee- doodle.htm http://www.earlyamerica.com/music/yankee- doodle.htm  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.html  Deem, James M. Primary Source Accounts of the Revolutionary War. N.p.: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2006. Print.