The maccaroni
He’s calling the hat macaroni because “he stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni” he’s calling the hat macaroni.
The song says cap.
Yankee Doodle
The song was making fun of the American colonists.
"Yankee Doodle" began as a British song ridiculing America's ragtag militia. Yankee doodles were simpletons riding ponies and trying to look sophisticated by sticking feathers in their hats. One explanation for"Yankee Doodle, keep it up. Yankee Doodle, dandy. Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy." is that the words were sung by the British as a reminder to the Yankees that dance steps in Europe were different from those in America. The Yankees were being reminded to check to see that they were doing the dance steps correctly and holding the girl the correct way.
Yankee doodle dandy
Yankee doodle put a feather in his hat and called it macaroni Yankee doodle put a "feather in his hat and called it macaroni"!
Yankee Doodle put a feather in his hat and called it macaroni because macaroni was an Italian style of dress that the British were copying. So Yankee Doodle also copied the macaroni style and stuck a feather in his hat.
Macaroni which meant something different in those days.
No. Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and "called it macaroni."
Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni
The song says cap.
yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony. stuck a feather in is cap and called it macaroni. I hope that helps!
The pony's name wasn't macaroni, yankee doodle was talking about the feather and in the old days macaroni did not just mean pasta, it was a style of Italian dress. When he called the feather macaroni (a dandy) he was stating he was a gentleman of some social standing.
Yankee Doodle
macaroni
The line "and they called it macaroni" is from the nursery rhyme "Yankee Doodle." It is a traditional American song with many variations and has been popular since the 18th century. It is often used to mock British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War.
John Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, had a pony named Macaroni.