Yankee Doodle?

This was a derogatory song originally written by the British about American Revolutionary war Soldiers that "in your Face" Americans adopted as their own in response to the British. Americans have always had "Attitude" in this way. Thinking about Yanking your doodle says it all about what this song was really about. 

This is why we are called the Yankees, other derogatory terms are Krauts, Frogs, Limeys, etc for other European nations which were often used by armies against each other when fighting. So, calling Americans Yankees was what the British started doing and then we took the song as our own and went into battle singing it and playing it on flutes and drums during the revolutionary war. So, likely at the time it was played to enrage our soldiers to fight better at the time. And it worked because we won the Revolutionary war and became our present Democracy in a Republic.

Here are the lyrics of Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle

Song

Lyrics

Oh, Yankee Doodle went to town
Riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Traditional / Bahar Shahpar

Yankee Doodle lyrics © Endemol Publishing Usa, Megatrax Music, Wonderland Music Co. Inc., Tcf Music Publishing Inc, Spirit Catalogue Holdings, S.a.r.l., One Infinite Loop Songs