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“Yankee Doodle<\/em>” was a well-known song in the New England colonies before the battles of Lexington and Concord, but only after the skirmishes there was it appropriated by the American militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tradition holds that the colonials began to sing the tune as they forced the British back to Boston on April 19, 1775. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1777, \u201cYankee Doodle<\/em>\u201d had become an unofficial American anthem. After the Revolutionary War, \u201cYankee Doodle<\/em>\u201d surfaced in stage plays, classical music, and opera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can listen to a few versions of this song here at the Recorded Sound Archives website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/12135<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/47376<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/12027<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to learn more about the history of Yankee Doodle visit the Library of Congress<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Yankee Doodle” was a well-known song in the New England colonies before the battles of Lexington and Concord, but only after the skirmishes there was it appropriated by the American militia. Tradition holds that the colonials began to sing the tune as they forced the British back to Boston on April 19, 1775. 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