Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 1, 2024

Signer: Marshall, Winfield E. (1920)
Title of film: Yankee Doodle
Number of segments: 32
ASL English Segment URL
DAD 1P-IX gs:OVER-THERE+(rt) cl-d:B(flat-ground,sweep_arc_rt) cl-d:BB++(tents,arc_rt) Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Good'n, 1hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=1
gs:SEE MANY+ ARMY cl-p:55(sweep-across-in-rank-and-file) cl:55(swirls-around-head) SAME 1P-POSS MOM cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) cl-d-trace:11(round) cl-d:CC(pot) STIR/cl-d:C(pot) cl:BB(stirred-up).And there we see the men and boys As thick as Hasty Puddin'2hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=2
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 3hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=3
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.4hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=4
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:BB(cannon,rt-to-lt) cl-i:1(vert-circ-to-strike/ignite,rt) SAME(exp) TREE TREE-FALL cl:BonARM(cut-at-wrist-to-cut-at-shoulder) And there they had a swampin' gun As large as log of maple, 5hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=5
cl-i:BB(place-on-wagon) ON cl-d-trace:11(wagon-wheels,bs:sideways) SMALL(exp), 1P-POSS DAD COW cl-i:XxXx(lasso-above-head) pose:pull-wagon(bs:rt-side) CANT(neg)On a deuced little cart --A load for father's cattle;6hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=6
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 7hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=7
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.8hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=8
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:55(large-round) SAME MELON~YELLOW cl:55(shove-in-cannonball,lt) cl-i:AA(stuffing-powder,lt), And there I see a pumpkin shell, As big as mother's bason, 9hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=9
gs:STRIKE-MATCH(from-leg-and-light) pose:foot-stomp cl:1(flee,rt), THUNDER SAME 1P-POSS DAD SHOOT-GUN^.And every time they touch'd it off, They scamper'd like the nation.10hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=10
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 11hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=11
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.12hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=12
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:SS(powder-horn) FULL BLACK(l-hand) cl-d:FgrabI(powder) cl:A(pour-in)/cl:O(horn) cl:SonS(stuff-powder-in) gs:STRIKE-MATCH(from_leg) cl-ttrace:1tip(path-to-rt)And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder; 13hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=13
THUNDER LAND~cl:55(shake).It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder.14hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=14
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 15hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=15
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.16hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=16
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE MANY+ ARMY cl-d-trace:11(straps-down-chest-to-horiz-keg) cl-d:CC(^keg) cl-d:BB(keg-flat-surface-top-and-bottom)And there I see a little keg, Its heads were made of leather--17hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=17
WOOD TWO(rf) cl-i:XxXx(alt,strum-keg,4x) SUMMONS(at_elbow)~COME-HERE+(-from-bk_rt) SUMMONS(at_elbow)~COME-HERE+(-from-bk_lt) ARMY MARCH+ cl-i:XxXx(strum-keg,alt_3x)They knock'd upon't with little sticks To call the folks together.18hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=18
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 19hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=19
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.20hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=20
1P-IX(rf) OVER-THERE(rt) SEE pn:WASHINGTON pose:mount-horse-to-ride There was Captain Washington Upon a slapping stallion, 21hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=21
pose:draw-sword-to-swing-sword MANY+ MILLION ARMY pose:draw-sword-to-swing-swordA-giving orders to his men--I guess there was a million.22hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=22
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 23hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=23
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.24hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=24
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:5(feather,circ-at-hat) HAT cl-i:XxXx++(pull-feather-dn,l-hand-hold-at-hat) RED BLUE WHITE BEAUTIFUL WONDERFULAnd then the feathers on his hat, They look'd so tarnal fina, 25hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=25
1P-IX WANT(rt) GET(-from-rt) WRAPUP(rt) pose:put-in-pocket BRING(-to-lt) LOVE FEMALE J-E-M-I-M-A GIVE(-to-lt).I wanted pockily to get To give to my Jemima.26hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=26
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 27hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=27
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.28hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=28
1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE MANY+ ARMY pose:mount-horse-to-ride, SHOOT-PISTOL(2h-alt)The troopers too, would gallop up And fire right in our faces; 29hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=29
1P-IX(rf) AFRAID(int) 1P-IX cl:BB(feet-running,2h-alt) GO-AWAY(lt) HOME cl:B(rush-upstairs) cl-d:11(4-posters-of-bed,lt) BEDIt scar'd me almost half to death To see them run such races.30hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=30
pose:dip-trunk-and-head-up cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping) cl-i:1+(strike-drum) cl:B(across-neck) cl:55(alt,stomping),Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, 31hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=31
pose:jump cl-i:XxXx+(play-fiddle) cl-d:BB(bonnet-to-skirt) pose:hold-skirts-and-turn-around cl-i:XxXx(swing-skirts-back-and-forth).Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.32hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&keyid=32