If someone composed an insulting ditty about me, I doubt that I would want to sing it. Here in the US, however, that is not the case. Even before the US rebellion against the Crown British troops sang a song that mocked the rough and ready colonists. The song is Yankee Doodle, sung with pride by modern day Americans, and the state anthem of Connecticut:
Yankee Doodle went to town
Upon a little pony
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called it Macaroni
For those who wonder about the apparent pasta reference; Macaroni was a name given to English gentlemen who were foppish and over concerned with dressing smartly. The implication is that the ignorant colonist thought that putting a feather in his cap was enough to make him a smartly attired gentleman.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment