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Sheet music cover with picture of
Charlotte Greenwood (1919)
"Oh By Jingo! " (also "Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee You're The Only Girl For Me "), is a
1919
novelty song by
Albert Von Tilzer with lyrics by
Lew Brown .
The song was featured in the
Broadway show "
Linger Longer Letty ", and became one of the biggest
Tin Pan Alley hits of the post-World War I era.
While the song lyrics say it is set in "the land of
San Domingo ", no geographic nor anthropological accuracy is found nor intended in the silly lyrics, set in a generic "exotic" and "primitive" location. The song was much imitated over the next decade.
The song appeared several times in film and television: it was performed by
Betty Hutton in the film
Incendiary Blonde (1945); by
Debbie Reynolds and
Bobby Van as a specialty number in the
Esther Williams
MGM vehicle,
Skirts Ahoy! ; sung in the
I Love Lucy TV show (Season 4, ep. 2, "Mertz and Kurtz", October 11, 1954); and sung by
Hugh Laurie in P. G. Wodehouse's
Jeeves and Wooster (Season 4, ep. 5).
The 1970 song "
After All " by
David Bowie , from the album
The Man Who Sold the World contains the repeated phrase 'Oh By Jingo' which is inspired by the song.
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References
^ Clerc, Benoît (2021). David Bowie All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track . Running Press.
Who Wrote that Song?
Dick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
Songs
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Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make "
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Alexander's Ragtime Band "
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Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye "
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Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me "
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At the Moving Picture Ball "
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Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee "
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Because I'm Married Now "
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Blue Feather "
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Bon Bon Buddy "
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Charley, My Boy "
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Cheyenne "
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Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! "
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College Life "
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Come Josephine in My Flying Machine "
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Cordelia Malone "
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Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine "
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Daddy, Come Home "
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Dear Sing Sing "
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Dixie "
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Don't Bring Lulu "
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Everybody Works but Father "
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Forty-five Minutes from Broadway "
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Gasoline Gus "
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Give My Regards to Broadway "
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Harrigan "
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He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile) "
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He Goes to Church on Sunday "
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He May Be Old, But He's Got Young Ideas "
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Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? "
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I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark "
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In My Merry Oldsmobile "
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In the Good Old Summer Time "
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In the Land of the Buffalo "
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In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree "
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary "
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It's the Same Old Shillelagh "
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It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch "
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I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River "
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I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now "
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I've Got Rings On My Fingers "
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I Want to Go Back to Michigan "
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now "
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K-K-K-Katy "
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Moonlight Bay "
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Oh! By Jingo "
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Oh, You Beautiful Doll "
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On the 5:15 "
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On the Old Fall River Line "
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Over There "
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Play a Simple Melody
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Pretty Baby "
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Pride of the Prairie "
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School Days "
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Shine On, Harvest Moon "
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Some Sunday Morning "
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Tipperary "
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Under the Anheuser Bush "
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The Worst Is Yet to Come "
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The Yankee Doodle Boy "
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You'd Be Surprised "
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You're a Grand Old Flag "
