Yankee Rose (song)

"Yankee Rose" is a song by American rock singer David Lee Roth. It is Roth's first single from his debut solo studio album Eat 'Em and Smile (1986). Like the rest of the album, the music features the prominent electric guita of the song co-writer, Steve Vai. The lyrics contain allusions to the American national anthem and Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", as well as July 4, independence, flag unfurling, rocket flare, fire crackers, apple pie, and her torch light, was recorded as a tribute to the Statue of Liberty as the statue was completing a major renovation for the 100th anniversary of its dedication in 1886: "coast to coast, sea to shining sea, hey sister, you're the perfect host" "...nothing like her in the whole world".