The full version of the song, as it is known today, goes: Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni.
Позже в начале песни был приписан «внесюжетный» зачин, известный в наши дни как детская песенка: Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.