Oh, By Jingo!
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Key: C
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Copyright 1919

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File Created 09/21/2018
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Verse 1:

Am          Dm
In the land of San Domingo
Am                  Dm
Lived a girl called oh By Jingo
Am     Dm
Ta da, ja da da da da da
Am
Umpa umpa umpa umpa

Am                  Dm
From the fields and from the marshes
Am               Dm
Came the old and young by goshes
Am     Dm
Ta da, ja da da da da da
Am
Umpa umpa umpa umpa

G7                    C
They all spoke with a different lingo,
G7                 C
But they all loved Oh By Jingo
E7        Am
And every night
     D           D7        G7   BbdimG7
They sang in the pale moon light

Chorus:

C
Oh by Gee by Gosh
          A7
By Gum by Juv
D                              D7
Oh By Jingo won't you hear our love?

G7
We will build for you a hut
C               A7
You will be our fav'rite nut
D                          D7
We'll have a lot of little Oh By Gollies
G7         Edim     G7     G7+
Then we'll put them in the Follies

C
By Jingo said,
            A7
"By Gosh By Gee
   D                            D7
By Jimminy, please don't bother me."

        Am
So they all went away singing,
"Oh by Gee by Gosh by Gee by Juv by Jingo
C                  G7            C  E7
By Gee, you're the only girl for me.

Verse 2:

Am          Dm
Oh by Jingo had a lover
Am            Dm
He was always under cover
Am     Dm
Ta da, ja da da da da da
Am
Umpa umpa umpa umpa

Am              Dm
Every night she used to meet him
Am              Dm
Oh how nice she used to treat him
Am     Dm
Ta da, ja da da da da da
Am
Umpa umpa umpa umpa

G7                   C
They eloped but they both were collared
G7                 C
And the gang stood there and hollered
E7            Am
Don't raise a fuss
       D          D7     G7 BbdimG7
You've gotta take one of us

Chorus 2:

C
Oh by Gee by Gosh
          A7
By Gum by Juv
D                              D7
Oh By Jingo won't you take our love?

G7
We will live out in a tent
C                  A7
Cheat the landlord of his rent
D                          D7
We'll have a lot of little Jimminy Crickets
G7     Edim     G7       G7+
We can use them for meal tickets

C
By Jingo said,
                     A7
"Oh boys won't you behave
D                                      D7
You know I've put five husbands in the grave."

        Am
So they all went away singing,
"Oh by Gee by Gosh by Gee by Juv by Jingo
C                  G7            C  E7
By Gee, you're the only girl for me.

Chorus 3:

C
Oh by Gee by Gosh
          A7
By Gum by Juv
D                              D7
Oh By Jingo won't you hear our love?

G7
We will build for you a still
C                A7
You make whiskey on the hill
D                          D7
We'll have a lot of little liquor beggars
G7           Edim  G7      G7+
They'll grow up to be boot-leggers!

C
By Jingo said,
                  A7
"Now boys, don't  rave
   D                                 D7
Youknow I've put six husbands in the grave"

        Am
So they all went away singing,
"Oh by Gee by Gosh by Gee by Juv by Jingo
C                  G7            C
By Gee, you're the only girl for me.


End Chords:

G7C6


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