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anyone remember the old james cagney movie, "yankee doodle dandy"? ..it's a classic played every fourth of july.. i LOVE it! check turner classic movies or PBS. the songs are the ultimate in patriotism and emotion......."mary, it's a grand old flag, over there, give my regards to broadway" and others. it is a stirring and delightful movie, if you haven't seen it, please look for it! i promise you'll enjoy it!

lady cop wrote: anyone remember the old james cagney movie, "yankee doodle dandy"? ..it's a classic played every fourth of july.. i LOVE it! check turner classic movies or PBS. the songs are the ultimate in patriotism and emotion......."mary, it's a grand old flag, over there, give my regards to broadway" and others. it is a stirring and delightful movie, if you haven't seen it, please look for it! i promise you'll enjoy it! Yes, it is shown over every Easter. Now how many wet Easter's have I watched it. Yankee Doodle Dandy.:guitarist

I remember that one. Good film. Cagney was quite a hoofer.

I thought Cagney was great in Yankee Doodle Dandy...



He's also the classic gangster in 1930's movies!!

"You dirty rat, I'm going to get rid of you just like you gave it to my brother"

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Over There


Johnnie, get your gun,

Get your gun, get your gun,

Take it on the run,

On the run, on the run.

Hear them calling, you and me,

Every son of liberty.

Hurry right away,

No delay, go today,

Make your daddy glad

To have had such a lad.

Tell your sweetheart not to pine,

To be proud her boy's in line.

(chorus sung twice)

Johnnie, get your gun,

Get your gun, get your gun,

Johnnie show the Hun

Who's a son of a gun.

Hoist the flag and let her fly,

Yankee Doodle do or die.

Pack your little kit,

Show your grit, do your bit.

Yankee to the ranks,

From the towns and the tanks.

Make your mother proud of you,

And the old Red, White and Blue.

(chorus sung twice)

Chorus

Over there, over there,

Send the word, send the word over there -

That the Yanks are coming,

The Yanks are coming,

The drums rum-tumming

Ev'rywhere.

So prepare, say a pray'r,

Send the word, send the word to beware.

We'll be over, we're coming over,

And we won't come back till it's over

Over there.

of course all the credit goes to George M. Cohan...........George M. Cohan George M. Cohan wrote more than forty Broadway plays and musicals. Songs he wrote that we still sing today include "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My regards to broadway"