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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.
He was born Albert Gumm, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. [1] His parents, Sarah (Tilzer) and Jacob Gumbinsky, were Polish Jewish immigrants. [2] As a young man, he worked briefly at his older brother Harry Von Tilzer's publishing company, [1] and Albert's earliest songs were published by Harry.
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
Incendiary Blonde is a 1945 American musical drama film biography of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan.Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall and loosely based on a true story, the picture stars actress Betty Hutton as Guinan.
Charlotte Greenwood was known for being a very limber performer. lithograph poster for Greenwood's follow up Letty play, Linger Longer Letty, 1919. Charlotte Greenwood in Down Argentine Way (1940)
"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.