Misc Soundtrack – Linger Longer Letty - Oh By Jingo Oh By Gee (Guitar)
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Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee - Lew Brown, Albert Von Tilzer
A novelty song from the 1919 Broadway play "Linger Longer Lettie".
Not sure, but original might be in G. I think these chords
are easier for a novice player. You can play around with the
transpose button on the left, or capo, but it sounds best to
me starting in a sharp chord in any case. In 2/4 timing.
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Em Am In the land of San Domingo Em Am Lived a girl called Oh! By Jingo Em Am C7 Ta da da da da da da da Em Umpa, umpa, umpa, umpa Em Am From the fields and from the marshes Em Am Came the young and old by goshes, Em Am C7 Ta da da da da da da da Em Umpa, umpa, umpa, umpa D7 G They all spoke with a diff'rent lingo D7 G But they all loved Oh! By Jingo B Em7 And ev'ry night A7 D7 They sang in the pale moon light... G Oh! By Gee, By Gosh, By Gum, By Jove Em6 A7 Oh! By Jingo, won't you hear our love? D7 We will build for you a hut G You will be our fav'rite nut A7 We'll have a lot of little Oh! By Gollies D7 Then we'll put them in the Follies G By Jingo said, By Gosh, By Gee, C B7 By Jiminy, please don't bother me Em So they all went away singing Em Oh! By Gee, By Gosh, By Gum, By Jove, By Jingo G D7 G By Gee, you're the only girl for me!
Additional Lyrics:
2nd part of original
Oh By Jingo had a lover
He was always under cover
Ta da da da da da da da
Umpa, umpa, umpa, umpa
Ev'ry night she used to meet him
Oh how nice she used to treat him
Ta da da da da da da da
Umpa, umpa, umpa, umpa
D7 G They eloped but they both were collared
And the gang stood there and hollered
B Em7 Don't raise a fuss A7 D7 You've got to take one of us...(into Oh By Gee...)
Version from Jeeves & Wooster is same but with a
couple of rhyming phrases changed:
We will build for you a hut
You will be our fav'rite nut
We'll have a lot of little Oh By Jingoes
Pink and white just like flamingoes
and:
We will build for you a hut
You will be our fav'rite nut
We'll have a lot of little Oh By jones-es
Dress them up in clogs and clothes-es
Billy Murray had another chorus which you can find
on line, but I don't remember it offhand.
Have fun with it!