Arthur freed / bernie hanighan      Yankee doodle never went to town   I just discovered the story was phony   Let me give you all the real low-down   He didn't even own a pony   He was really very short and fat   While in the story so skinny and moany   And so hungry that he ate his hat   And called the felt macaroni   Underneath the chestnut tree   He and the blacksmith would sip that tea   Then he'd bring out his uniform down   That's how he went to town      Yankee doodle tried to leave one day   Took his belongings and mounted his saddle   But he never got it on his way   Cause he didn't have a pony   And the fairy tale is phony   How could yankee doodle go to town?