If someone composed an insulting ditty about me, I doubt that I would want to sing it; actually with my lack of pitch no one would want me to sing it or any other song for that matter. Here in the US, however, that is not the case. Even before the US rebellion against the Crown British troops sang a song that mocked the rough and ready colonists. The song is Yankee Doodle, sung with pride by modern day Americans, and the state anthem of Connecticut:
Yankee Doodle went to town
Upon a little pony
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called it Macaroni
For those who wonder about the apparent pasta reference; Macaroni was a name given to English gentlemen who were foppish and over concerned with dressing smartly. The implication is that the ignorant colonist thought that putting a feather in his cap was enough to make him a smartly attired gentleman.
