Yankee Doodle history

The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.

The song, "Yankee Doodle" was originally sung by British Soldiers to insult the colonialists ( which was typical of the British in those days). The Continental Army took to singing it to annoy the British (which was typical of the colonialists).