[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 89

 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the primary author and 
                the official ``Home of Yankee Doodle''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

   Mr. McNulty (for himself and Mr. Solomon) submitted the following 
  concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Post 
                        Office and Civil Service

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the primary author and 
                the official ``Home of Yankee Doodle''.

Whereas the song ``Yankee Doodle'' is a humorous and patriotic ditty that dates 
        back to America's colonial period;
Whereas ``Yankee Doodle'' was popular from its inception, spreading throughout 
        New England and the Middle Atlantic States, where it was sung at 
        parades, in taverns, and beside campfires;
Whereas the British Regulars picked up the tune at the beginning of the American 
        Revolution as a means of deriding the rag-tag Continental Army;
Whereas, after the Battle of Lexington, ``Yankee Doodle'' became an anthem and a 
        source of pride among the rough-hewn Americans who were taking on the 
        polished British Redcoats;
Whereas, while the tune of ``Yankee Doodle'' originated in Europe as a common 
        air, many claims as to the authorship of the lyrics have been made;
Whereas, despite the other claims, Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, an English Army 
        surgeon who served on America's frontier for most of his adult life, is 
        today generally considered to be the primary author of the lyrics to 
        ``Yankee Doodle''; and
Whereas Dr. Shuckburgh is believed to have written almost all, if not all, of 
        the lyrics for ``Yankee Doodle'' at Fort Crailo in the city of 
        Rensselaer, New York, after viewing the provincial forces gathered there 
        in the 1750s for an attack on Fort Ticonderoga: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) Dr. Richard Shuckburgh should be recognized and honored 
        as the primary author of ``Yankee Doodle''; and
            (2) Fort Crailo in the present-day city of Rensselaer, New 
        York, should be recognized as the official ``Home of Yankee 
        Doodle''.

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