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歌曲激发了美国独立战争期间的爱国主义精神。
在美国庆祝自由 250 周年之际，这首回顾革命战争歌曲的歌曲探讨了宗教赞美诗和讽刺曲调如何成为统一大陆军的爱国歌曲。
来源:美国国防部专题报道Music has a way of uniting people and generations, and the American Revolutionary War was no different, as it was often used to boost morale for both the Continental Army and British troops.
Many of that era's most popular patriotic songs were originally religious hymns adapted for the war effort or original sacred compositions that took on a military character.在美国庆祝自由 250 周年之际，这里回顾了激励一个国家诞生的众多歌曲中的几首。
"Yankee Doodle"
也许今天仍在传唱的最著名的歌曲是“Yankee Doodle”。它最初是由英国军官唱的，用来嘲笑法国和印度战争期间与他们一起服役的美国军人。
Written by British Army surgeon Richard Shuckburgh while campaigning in New York, circa 1755, the song was embraced by American troops, who added verses to it that mocked the British and hailed their commander, Continental Army Gen. George Washington.到 1781 年，“Yankee Doodle”已成为美国人的民族自豪感之歌。
这首歌以/Yankee Doodle 进城/骑着小马/在他的帽子里插一根羽毛/并称之为通心粉开始。
通心粉一词被用来形容穿着和说话都异常做作和女性化的时尚男士。
The American version was written in 1776 by Edward Bangs, a Minuteman, and was played during the British surrender following the Battle of Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777, in New York.
"Yankee Doodle" was revived by George M. Cohan to create the patriotic song, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" for his 1904 Broadway musical "Little Johnny Jones." 1942 年，詹姆斯·卡格尼主演了讲述科汉一生的电影《Yankee Doodle Dandy》，他因此获得了奥斯卡奖。
歌曲“Yankee Doodle”于 1978 年被采纳为康涅狄格州的官方州歌。
“切斯特”
When God inspir'd us for the fight/ Their ranks were broke, their lines were forc'd/ Their ships were shatter'd in our sight/ Or swiftly driven from our coast.