I doubt they teach this song in school anymore. But, if you're as old as I am, and you learned this song in grade school music class, how many of you thought (as I did) that she'll be riding six wide horses? I was probably in Junior High before I knew what color the horses were...
#CoSoMusic
@paxterrarum
I'm guessing elementary school teachers are afraid to teach anything that makes no friggin' sense, for fear there is some hidden racist meaning, eg. "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
@AlphaCentauri
Interesting you say that. The creators of one of the best elementary music lesson book series put out a supplement on their website with alternative replacements to several songs found in their lessons. These songs recently came to light as being derogatory or otherwise problematic.
See the "important message" (PDF):
https://kid-sounds.com/index.php
@voltronic @paxterrarum
Are they objecting to "dandy" in Yankee Doodle? My understanding is that it is a man who dresses stylishly, regardless of sexual orientation. The British may have meant the song mockingly, but the colonists weren't so offended that they didn't adopt it for themselves.
@AlphaCentauri @voltronic @paxterrarum
Hmm. I can’t remember the lyrics to that one, other than the refrain, so I am not sure.
@AlphaCentauri @voltronic @paxterrarum
I recollect now feeling weird singing the “with the girls be handy” part as a small child in school.
I don’t think the issue is with “dandy.”
@Myrth @voltronic @paxterrarum
No argument, in a less genteel age it might indicate someone being rapey, but that wasn't what the website cited as the problem.
@Myrth @voltronic @paxterrarum
Lyrics here:
https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/traditional/yankee-doodle
For an idea of how little "dandy" implies being effeminate, see the old Herman's Hermits song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEvvaQJlfzU
@Myrth
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Riding on a pony
He put a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni.
@AlphaCentauri @voltronic @paxterrarum
Ok, just read the lyrics. Might be the with the girls be handy part.