Transcript: Yankee Doodle Lyrics

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BOB EDWARDS, HOST: Here's a list of a few the things Americans got out of the Revolutionary War -- liberty, the pursuit of happiness, an excuse to take a long weekend in July, and this tune: (BEING AUDIO CLIP, "YANKEE DOODLE") EDWARDS: Just about every American knows Yankee Doodle, with its relentless, jaunty melody and those famously rhyming words "pony" and "macaroni." Scholars have dug up countless versions of the lyrics, but have squabbled about the origins of the song for years. Is it American or British? A song about yankee bumpkins or colonial heroes?

Kate Van Winkle Keller thinks it's about all of those things.

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