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Yankee Doodle (Anti-Annexation Version, 1846) ~ Sung By Phil Thomas

“Yankee Doodle” Anti-Annexation Version, 1846 Sung by Canadian folksinger, Phil Thomas Yankee Doodle wants a state, Oregon or Texas, Sends some squatters in it straight, And quietly annexes. CHORUS Yankee Doodle, Doodle Do, Yankee Doodle Dandy, He can do the Britishers And Mexicans so handy. Canada's a pleasant place, So is Califomia; Yankee Doodle wants them all, But first he cribs a corner. Yankee Doodle he went to sleep Among his bills of parcels; President Polk he stirred him up And cocked his tail so martial. General Cass he made a speech, Archer called it splutter, He swore he'd tear the British Jack And wipe it in the gutter. Jabez Honan took an oath, By the living Jingo! Cuba soon shall be our own And so shall Saint Domingo. Yankee has some public works, Well he may parade them; English money paid for all, And Irish labour made them. Then hey for Yankee Doodle's luck, And for Annexation; Hey for Yankee Doodle's pluck, And for Repudiation! LAST CHORUS Yankee Doodle Doodle Do. Yankee Doodle Dandy. And hey for Sherry Cobbler too, Mint julep and peach brandy. This version of the well known American folksong was published in a British newspaper around the time of the Partition of the Oregon Territory in 1846, the northern half of which became the Canadian Province of British Columbia. It was rediscoverd by the British Columbian folksong collector Phil Thomas who decided to make a recording of it in 1980. Its satirical and mocking tone was no doubt written in good fun & jest. Similar intentions are behind the making of this video, and I hope that it may simply show to our American friends and neighbours that talk of Annexation is really nothing that Canadians haven’t heard before, but still reacting to it in our own way, good or bad, is a national tradition…No hard feelings between friends… “We can hardly join the Americans on our own terms, and we never ought to join them on theirs.” ~Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation "It is quite evident to me that the U.S. government are resolved to do all they can, short of war, to get possession of the Western territory, and we must take immediate and vigorous steps to counteract them. " ~Sir John A. Macdonald, Father of Confederation #canada #britishcolumbia #folksong #canadianheritage #canadian #nationalism #yankeedoodle #yankeegohome #annexation