Oogie Oogie Wa Wa 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Mar 2009
2009

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 dressed up in furs
warm as an oven
while they are lovin'
here's what occurs.

He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
she sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wawa 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 wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
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 wawa
means I wanna Mama,
to an Eskimo.

He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
she sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wawa 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 wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
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 wawa
it's nice to be the Papa,
of an Eskimo.

It's all snow here
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.

He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
she sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wawa 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 wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
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 wawa
means I wanna Mama,
to an Eskimo.

He sighs and whispers
Oogie oogie wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
she sighs and answers
Oogie oogie wawa 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 wawa
Oogie oogie wawa
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 wawa
it's nice to be the Papa,
of an Eskimo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oogie Oogie Wa Wa 1922
Music by Archie Gottler
Lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
© MCMXXII by Stark & Cowan Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 8 March 2009 at 14.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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