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Yankee Doodle

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Yankee Doodle
Revolutionary War paean of American glory. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 439]


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Smith turns into a Yankee Doodle Dandy, using a 23-hour filibuster to rage against the political machine, guard freedom and uphold the ideals of this sweet land of liberty.
Idly flipping through the cable channels the other night, I found myself lingering at the sweetly sentimental image of James Cagney proposing marriage to Joan Leslie in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Yankee Doodle Dandies can declare with pride that this is a country where you can hire 100 union musicians to sing about impeaching the president in the hallowed studios of Capitol Records, where legendary American Frank Sinatra downed highballs and charmed the dames with impeccable phrasing, and no jackbooted thugs or Mr.
 
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