Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! 1917

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK  -17 Dec 2003

All the girls are crazy 'bout a certain little lad,
altho' he's very, very bad,
he could be, oh! so good when he wanted to.
Bad or good, he understood
'bout love and other things,
for ev'ry girl in town follow'd him around,
just to hold his hand and sing:

"Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! how you can love!
Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Heavens above!
You make my sad heart jump with joy
and when you're near
I just can't sit still a minute,
I'm so, Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny!
Please tell me dear,
what makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it's true,
but when I look at you
I just Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Oh!"

"Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! how you can love!
Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Heavens above!
You make my sad heart jump with joy
and when you're near
I just can't sit still a minute,
I'm so, Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny!
Please tell me dear,
what makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it's true,
but when I look at you
I just Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Oh!"

Johnny tried his best
to hide from ev'ry girl he knew,
but even this he couldn't do,
for they would follow him most ev'rywhere.
Then his friends got him
to spend a week or two at home
It's worse now than before,
'cause the girl next door
Hollers thro' the telephone

"Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! how you can love!
Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Heavens above!
You make my sad heart jump with joy
and when you're near
I just can't sit still a minute,
I'm so, Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny!
Please tell me dear,
what makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it's true,
but when I look at you
I just Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Oh!"

"Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! how you can love!
Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Heavens above!
You make my sad heart jump with joy
and when you're near
I just can't sit still a minute,
I'm so, Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny!
Please tell me dear,
what makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it's true,
but when I look at you
I just Oh, Johnny! oh, Johnny! Oh!"

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
timp
bassoon
clarinet
piano t clef
oboe
pizz str
glock
tenor sax
harp
drum
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Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! 1917
Lyrics by Ed Rose
Music by Abe Olman
copyright MCMXVII by Forster Mus.Pub. Chicago, U.S.A.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 17 December 2003 at 09.36
in association with Doug Grierson
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