smellycat

yankee doodle went to london riding on a pony,stuck a feather in his hat and called it maccaroni.....................reason for this song?

violet

smellycat

local song is,yankee doodle came to london riding on a pony,put a feather in his hat and called it maccaroni,old rhymes are interesting.

violet

MLC

It was originally made by the British to mock the American colonist, but eventually the Americans started singing it to show that they could care less if the British mocked them, (Especially during the Revolutionary War) and it simply became a tradition.

Dusty

Cool, I always wondered about that song.

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