Yankee Boodle 1905

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Jan 2005

Money makes the mare go
Money rules the earth,
People only see you
just for what you're worth
If you haven't money
simply fade away
Money is the only thing
that's in demand today.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Talk about insurance
if we only knew
half as much about it
as our Peach Depew;
though he hurried over
from the other side,
what he did to Alexander
Chauncey couldn't hide.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Just ask Tommy Lawson
where he pays his green
everybody's money
Maggies Magazine
and the Standard Oil man
working for a pass
from St. Peter spends his money
on a Bible Class.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Little fads and fancies
now and then appears
stories of the Smart Set
Topics rather queer,
but to keep them quiet
some one struck a plan
by subscribing certain money
to a certain man.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Yankee Doodle Doodle
was once the proper thing
but now it's Yankee Boodle
it's the only thing we sing,
with Yankee Doodle Dandy
the wise ones now are through
without the Yankee Boodle
what would Yankee Doodle do.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
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lyric
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Yankee Boodle 1905
Words by Wm. Jerome - Music by Jean Schwartz
Performer: Joseph Cawthorn in
"In Tammany Hall" - Direction Klaw & Erlanger.
Book by John J. McNally
© MCMV by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 11 January 2005 at 22.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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