OH GEE !  OH GOSH !
From the Broadway show "For Goodness Sake" (1922)
(William Daly / Paul Lanin / Ira Gershwin)

Fred & Adele Astaire (From the London Production of
"Stop Flirting", with George W. Byng & Orch) - 1923


FRED:
There is something I must say
But just hate to discuss
Because I'm shy, I guess that's why
It's about me, I mean you
I mean, uh, the two of us
And if I had no fear
Here's what you would hear

I dream about you, scheme about you
Nightime and day
Mad about you, sad about you
When you're away

ADELE:
No day's complete, Dear
Until we meet, Dear
But with our meeting
My heart just stops beating

FRED:
Riding, walking, thinking, talking
You're in my heart
ADELE:
Am I in it ev'ry minute
FRED:
Near or apart
ADELE:
You can't express it
So how can I guess
FRED:
Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, I love you

ADELE:
Feint heart never won fair lady
Then you don't forget
You must be bold
Like knights of old

You have, oh, so many faults
You're not the type, and yet
Somehow I like you so
Though why I do not know

FRED:
I dream about you, scheme about you
Nightime and day
Mad about you, sad about you
When you're away

ADELE:
No day's complete, Dear
Until we meet, Dear
But with our meeting
My heart just stops beating

FRED:
Riding, walking, thinking, talking
You're in my heart
ADELE:
Am I in it ev'ry minute
FRED:
Near or apart
ADELE:
You can't express it
So how can I guess
FRED:
Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, I love you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2005)


TRIVIA (1): On October 18, 1923, HMV Records invited Fred and Adele
Astaire to record two of their songs, "Oh Gee! Oh Gosh!" and "The
Whichness of the Whatness", from the London production of their
show "Stop Flirting". The record was released only in the U.K., on
the 78-R.P.M. disc HMV B-1719. It was Astaire's first record release.

TRIVIA (2): "Stop Flirting was the UK re-titling of the Broadway
show "For Goodness Sake".