The Monitor & Merrimac - American Civil War Music (Confederacy)
I’m going to sing a song, I won’t detain you long, if you listen I will tell you how so handy-o, How the Monitor went smack up into the Merrimack and upon her sides played Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.
Then give a doodle doo, Jeff Davis how are you? Our Monitor beat your Merrimack quite handy-o. And Ericsson he’s around, in the world there can’t be found a people like the Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.
T’was on the eighth of March, the Merrimack, she slipped out from Norfolk for to take a cruise handy-o. And she didn’t think she’d meet anything in our fleet able to give her a Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.
Then give a doodle doo, Jeff Davis how are you? Our Monitor beat your Merrimack quite handy-o. And Ericsson he’s around, in the world there can’t be found a people like the Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.
She went rushing round, smashing everything she found, ’til the Monitor came sailing in so handy-o. And Worden stopped her fun, soon made her cut and run, while the shells they whistled Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.
Then give a doodle doo, Jeff Davis how are you? Our Monitor beat your Merrimack quite handy-o. And Ericsson he’s around, in the world there can’t be found a people like the Yankee Doodle Dandy-o.