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"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.
The expression by Jingo is a minced oath that appeared rarely in print, but which may be traced as far back as to at least the 17th century in a transparent euphemism for "by Jesus". [1] The OED attests the first appearance in 1694, in an English edition of the works of François Rabelais as a translation for the French par Dieu!
Charlotte Greenwood, "Oh By Jingo!"(1919) "The Sheik of Araby" (1921) A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture.
Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins is the second studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins on the RCA Victor label. It was available as a 10-inch vinyl record. RCA subsequently released it as a 12-inch LP in 1955 with additional and omitted tracks.
G. H. MacDermott on a sheet music cover by Alfred Concanen (1882). Gilbert Hastings MacDermott (born John Farrell; 27 February 1845 – 8 May 1901) was an English comic singer or lion comique, who was one of the biggest stars of the Victorian English music hall.
Jingo, Kansas, a community in the United States; Jingo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States; Jingo, the main town on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea "Jingo", fifth movement of Statements for orchestra by Aaron Copland; By Jingo, a minced oath from the 17th century "Oh By Jingo!", a 1919 popular song
"Nagasaki" is an American jazz song by Harry Warren and Mort Dixon from 1928 and became a popular Tin Pan Alley hit. The silly, bawdy lyrics have only the vaguest relation to the Japanese port city of Nagasaki; part of the humor is realising that the speaker obviously knows very little about the place, and is just making it up.
The American War-Dog, a 1916 political cartoon by Oscar Cesare, with the dog named "Jingo". Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. [1]