Yankee Doodle: America 250th Anniversary Edition

Jun 12, 2026 11:51 AM EDT, Fri

“Trumpy Doodle” - Marsh Family version of “Yankee Doodle” for the USA’s 250th anniversary antics

Jun 12, 2026 FAVERSHAM “Yankee Doodle” was a traditional song (Roud 4501) that predated the American Revolution and was adapted by both British and Americans to mock one another in the eighteenth century. So we felt it was a fitting tune to repurpose on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States, and the No Kings musical protests occurring this weekend which happens to be the 80th birthday of Donald Trump.

The word ‘doodle’ likely comes from German ‘Dödel’ meaning fool or simpleton or nob. It may also reference Low German ‘dudel’ = playing music badly. So it works whether you like or hate this parody arrangement! The earliest known version of the lyrics was the 1750s when it was sung during the Seven Years’ War (or “French and Indian War” in the colonies), and it had become a patriotic song for the USA by 1781, when new verses mentioned a certain George Washington, who also crops up in ours as a bringer of political or national liberty (though, of course, also a slaveholder and denier of liberty).

In case anyone needs a backstory to the events cited: Freedom 250 and America250: How is the US celebrating its big birthday?

And for a good little primer on the backstory of the song from the “Kennedy Center” which features briefly in the graphics: Yankee Doodle

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