OH BY JINGO!
From the Broadway Musical "Linger Longer Letty" (1919)
(Lyrics: Lew Brown / Music; Albert Von Tilzer)
Charlotte Greenwood (Broadway production) - 1919
Frank Crumit - 1920
Billy Murray - 1920
Margaret Young - 1920
Lanin's Roseland Orch. - 1920
All Star Trio (Instr.) - 1920
Henry Busse & His Orch. (vocal: The Three Strikes) - 1939
Spike Jones & His City Slickers (Vocal: Del Porter) - 1942
Danny Kaye - 1951
Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter - 1951
Frankie Froba & His Back Room Boys - 1951
Bobby Van & Debbie Reynolds (feat. in the film "Skirts Ahoy") - 1952
Chet Atkins (Instr.) - 1953
Billy May & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1954
Paul Martin & His Old-Timers - 1957
Clinton Ford & The Merseysippi Jazz Band - 1960
Billy Cotton & His Band - 1962
Lou Breese & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1964
Also recorded by:
Gloria Grey; Nora Bayes; Bo Grumpus; Hoosier Hot Shots; Keith Ingham;
George "Bon Bon" Tunnell; Paul Smith; The Three Keys; Jeannie Carson;
Bobby Hackett; Rick Fay; Clancy Hayes; Stéphane Grappelli; Pete Handy;
Eddie Condon; Al Bernard; Carl Halen; Lu Watters .......... and others.
As recorded by FRANK CRUMIT:
In the land of San Domingo
Lived a girl called Oh By Jingo
D'ya-d'ya-d'ya-dah-d'ya-dah-dah
From the fields and from the marshes
Came the old and young by goshes
D'ya-d'ya-d'ya-dah-d'ya-dah-dah
They all spoke with a different lingo
But they all adored By Jingo
And every night they sang in the pale moonlight
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove
Oh By Jingo, won't you hear our love
We will build for you a hut
You will be our favourite nut
We'll have a lot of little Oh By Gollies
Then we'll put 'em all in the follies
By Jingo said, "By gosh, by gee
By jiminy, please don't bother me"
So they all went away singing
Oh by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove, By Jingo
By gee, you're the only girl for me
(Musical Interlude)
Oh By Jingo had a lover
He was always undercover
D'ya-d'ya-d'ya-dah-dah-dum-dum
Every night she used to meet him
Oh, how nice she used to greet him
D'ya-d'ya-d'ya-dah-dah-dum-dum
They eloped, but they both were collared
And the gang stood there and hollered
"Don't raise a fuss, you've gotta take one of us!"
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove
Oh By Jingo, won't you hear our love
We will build for you a hut
You will be our favourite nut
We'll have a lot of little Oh By Gollies
Then we'll put 'em all in the follies
By Jingo said, "By gosh, by gee
By jiminy, please don't bother me"
So they all went away singing
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove, By Jingo
By gee, you're the only girl for me
(Musical Interlude)
By Jingo said, "Now boys, don't rave
I've put four husbands in their grave"
So they all went away singing
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove, By Jingo
By gee, you're the only girl for me
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As recorded by DOROTHY YOUNG:
In the land of San Domingo
Lived a girl called Oh By Jingo
Ta-da-ya-da-da-da-da-da, oompa. oompa, oompa, oompa
From the fields and from the marshes
Came the young and old by goshes
Ta-da-ya-da-da-da-da-da, oompa. oompa, oompa, oompa
They all spoke with a different lingo
But they all loved Oh By Jingo
And every night
They sang in the pale moon light
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove
Oh By Jingo, won't you hear our love
We will build for you a hut
You will be our favorite nut
We'll have a lot of little Oh By Gollies
Then we'll put them in the Follies
By Jingo said, "By gosh, by gee-ee-ee
By jimminy, please don't bother me-ee-ee"
So they all went away singing
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove, by jingo,
Oh, by gee, you're the only girl for me
Oh By Jingo had a lover
He was always under cover
Every night she used to meet him
Oh, how nice she used to greet him
They eloped, but they both were collared
And the gang stood there and hollered
"Don't raise a fuss, you gotta take one of us!"
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove
Oh By Jingo, won't you hear our love
We will live out in a tent
Cheat the landlord of his rent
We'll have lots of little Jimminy Crickets
We can use them for meal tickets
By Jingo said, "Now, boy, don't you rave
I have put four husbands in the grave"
So they all went away singing
Oh, by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove, by jingo
By gee, you're the only girl for me
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - October 2005)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - March 2016)
