How are songs and music influenced by our country's history? Objective Students will deliver a group oral presentation and read passages fluently with changes in tone, voice, timing, and expression using echo reading. Background Everyone knows the song "Yankee Doodle," but no one knows who wrote it. Most musical historians agree that it was composed in the 1750s. In 1755, a British soldier sang the song while he was making fun of tired, dirty American soldiers who fought with the British against the French and Indians. The song makes fun of Americans for thinking that a feather was as attracti Duration: 60 Minutes.