Saturday, July 04, 2026

Yankee Doodle Dandy

"Boy, she doesn't have a very melodic voice!"

"It's a man.  It's George M. Cohan.

I also noted that he largely recites the song, rather like Maurice Chevalier used to get away with: For little girls grow bigger every day!

 

Men are allowed to get away with that more often than women. In his case, he was talented musically, just didn't have a good voice.  Vaudeville teaches you how to get around that.

 

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