Antedating of "Yankee Doodle"

[Fred Shapiro]

Yankee Doodle (OED 1768)

1767 Andrew Barton _The Disappointment_ 22 (Evans Digital Edition)  AIR
IV.  Yankee Doodle.  _O! how awful shall I be, When I get de money, I will
bring it all to dee; O! my diddling honey._  [_Exit, singing the chorus,_
yankee doodle, &c.

Fred Shapiro


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