(You’re the only girl for me)
A popular song from 1919
Words by Lew Brown
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
From Parlor Songs website: “A creative and popular novelty song. This song is a rollicking and exciting “jungle” style song that was performed by Charlotte Greenwood (on the cover) in the musical production, Linger Longer Letty. This song has a fabulous melody and rhythm and a tongue twisting set of lyrics that are a joy to hear and even better to sing. Sing along. I guarantee it will have you laughing and the melody will stick with you, perhaps longer than you’d like. Von Tilzer made liberal use of ornaments, staccato and harmonic progressions to make this song a definite stand out and by many accounts, one of his best songs.”
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. In the land of San Domingo
Lived a girl called Oh! by Jingo
Ta da da da da da da da
Ump a, ump a, ump a, ump a
From the fields and from the marshes
Came the old and young by goshes
Ta da da da da da da da
Ump a, ump a, ump a, ump a
They all spoke with a different lingo
But they all loved Oh by Jingo
And every night they sang
In the pale moonlight
Chorus
Oh! by Gee! by Gosh, by Gum by Juv
Oh by Jingo, won’t you hear our love
We will build for you a hut
You will be our favorite nut
We’ll have a lot of little Oh by Gollies
Then we’ll put them in the Follies
By Jingo said, By Gosh, By Gee
By Jiminy please don’t bother me
So, they all went away singing
Oh by Gee, by Gosh, by Gum, by Juv by Jingo
By Gee, you’re the only girl for me
2. Oh by Jingo had a lover
He was always under cover
Ta da da da da da da da
Ump a, ump a, ump a, ump a
Every night she used to meet him
Oh how nice she used to treat him
Ta da da da da da da da
Ump a, ump a, ump a, ump a
They eloped but they both were collared
And the gang stood there and hollered
Don’t raise a fuss
You’ve gotta take one of us
Sung here by Fred Feild: