Billie Holiday — Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town

Yankee Doodle never went to town I just discovered the story was phoney Let me give you all the real lowdown He didn't even own a pony He was really very short and fat While in the story so skinny and moany And so hungry that he ate his hat And called the feather macaroni Underneath the chestnut tree He and the blacksmith would sip their tea Then he'd bring out his zither for an old lowdown That's how he went to town Yankee Doodle tried to leave one day Took his belongings and mounted his saddle But he never started on his way Cause he didn't have a pony And the fairy tale is phoney How could Yankee Doodle go to town?