The Army Of Oogaboo

From the 1913 musical “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Louis F. Gottschalk.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I’m the Queen of Oogaboo
    And this here is my army
    I’ll confide a fact to you
    No enemy can harm me
    We can conquer any land
    Hip! Hip! Hip! Hip!
    We can fight to beat the band
    Hip! Hip! Hip! Hip!
    Foeman see us, quickly flee us
    Ev’ry one would like to be us
    We’re courageous through and through
    And fight for Oogaboo
    For Oogaboo, Oogaboo, Oogaboo
    For Oogaboo! For Oogaboo!
    We are the army of Oogaboo
    We are the army of Oogaboo
    Pennants flying, foes defying
    Brave undaunted, bold and true
    To Oogaboo
    For if we fight and run away
    Then we can fight another day
    That is why we always cry
    Hurrah for Oogaboo
    2. March, march, march, march
    Oh the march I be
    No army in the universe
    Can march as well as he
    Halt, halt, halt, halt
    Halted now I be
    No army in the universe can halt
    Can halt as quick as quick as he
    As quick, as quick as he
    Can halt as quick as quick as he
    As quick as he, can halt as quick
    As he, as quick as he
    We are the army of Oogaboo
    We are the army of Oogaboo
    Pennants flying, foes defying
    Brave undaunted, bold and true
    And true, and true
    For if we fight and run away
    Then we can fight another day
    That is why we always cry
    Hurrah for Oogaboo! boo! boo!

Sung here by Vancha March: