Sheet music cover with picture ofCharlotte Greenwood (1919) "Oh By Jingo!" played on the piano "Oh By Jingo! " (also "Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee You're The Only Girl For Me "), is a1919 novelty song byAlbert Von Tilzer with lyrics byLew Brown .The song was featured in theBroadway show "Linger Longer Letty ", and became one of the biggestTin Pan Alley hits of the post-World War I era.
While the song lyrics say it is set in "the land ofSan Domingo ", no geographic nor anthropological accuracy is found nor intended in the silly lyrics, set in a generic "exotic" and "primitive" location. The song was much imitated over the next decade.
The song appeared several times in film and television: it was performed byBetty Hutton in the filmIncendiary Blonde Debbie Reynolds andBobby Van as a specialty number in theEsther Williams MGM vehicle,Skirts Ahoy! I Love Lucy Hugh Laurie in P. G. Wodehouse'sJeeves and Wooster
The 1970 song "After All " byDavid Bowie , from the albumThe Man Who Sold the World [ 1]
^ Clerc, Benoît (2021).David Bowie All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track . Running Press. Who Wrote that Song? Dick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
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