Thursday, April 17, 2025

O: Oh By Jingo!

 

#AtoZChallenge 2025 letter O



This was a tricky letter.  When looking up novelty songs beginning with O, I found many I did not know. So I decided to look each of them up and pick one. Most of the ones I found sounded fun, but I ended up choosing this one. It's always fun to find new things. 

The song was one of Tin Pan Alley's biggest hits in the post-World War I era.  According to the link above, it was sung in several movies and in an episode of I Love Lucy. I don't know how I missed this song for so long!

Here are two recordings of the song, as well as a scene from one of the movies in which the song was included. So many people have recorded the song, according to my Youtube search.



11 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Yikes.

Live and Learn said...

Once I listened to the song, I recognized it from I Love Lucy.

Birgit said...

Oh, this is a fun song and l9ved the last version which was updated with horns etc..I l9ve these old songs

Sandra Cox said...

O is a tricky one. But you came through;)

Mary Kirkland said...

That is a new one for me as well.

Sonia Lal said...

I've watched most of I love Lucy! Maybe I heard it and didn't remember

My name is Erika. said...

I didn't recognize the name but once I heard it I now remember it.

Anne Young said...

What a cheerful song. I njoyed the scene from Skirts Ahoy.
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Liz A. said...

This one doesn't sound familiar. I've seen many old movies, but I haven't seen the one you posted. I guess I have a movie to hunt down :)

ghostmmnc said...

haha That's a fun one! Can't say I've ever heard it before, but it was good, and I liked the one with Debbie Reynolds best. :)

Anne E.G. Nydam said...

Well, that was certainly a solid novelty song! I enjoyed it.
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