Oogie Oogie Wa Wa

A popular song from 1922.
Words by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie.
Music by Archie Gottler.

The sheet music:

Oogie-Oogie-Wa-Wa – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Oogie_Oogie_Wa_Wa – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Where it’s Zero, all the year-o
    Lives an Eskimo
    He looks funny with his honey
    Sittin’ in the snow
    They’re a happy couple
    All dress’d up in furs
    Warm as an oven, while they are lovin’
    Here’s what occurs

Chorus
He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wa wa, Oogie oogie wa wa
She sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wa wa, too
Don’t that sound absurd, just a crazy word
It don’t mean much to you I know
But it means an awful lot to an Eskimo
And oh! Boy! they love that
Oogie oogie wa wa, Oogie oogie wa wa
It makes a person curious to know
But you’ll get fooled, just the way I was
‘Cause the word don’t mean what you think it does
Oogie oogie wa wa means I wanna Mama
To an Eskimo

  1. It’s all snow there still men go there
    Find the pole and then
    For some reason ev’ry season
    They go back again
    Yet these same explorers
    Often lose their way
    While they are tramping
    Maybe the vamping leads them astray

Chorus
He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wa wa, Oogie oogie wa wa
She sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wa wa, too
Girls like simple things
Beads and ten cent rings
They kiss you for a choc’late drop
Just imagine if a fellow had a candy shop
And oh! Boy! they’ll holler
Oogie oogie wa wa, Oogie oogie wa wa
They live the life of Riley don’t you know
Imagine women, wine and song
On a night up there that is six months long
Oogie oogie wa wa it’s nice to be the Papa
Of an Eskimo

Sung here by Fred Feild: