Historic Sheet Music Collection
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Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_dottie-dillard-olman-rose_gbia0029970a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_stan-boreson-abe-olman-ed.-rose_gbia0007610b
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_andrews-sisters-with-vic-schoen-and-his-orchestra-abe-olm_gbia0033618a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_dick-robertson-and-his-orchestra-dick-robertson-abe-olman_gbia0011766a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_glenn-miller-and-his-orchestra-ed.-rose-a.-olman-marion-h_gbia0012052a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_orrin-tucker-and-his-orchestra-bonnie-baker-rose-olman_gbia0009805a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_orrin-tucker-and-his-orchestra-bonnie-baker-rose-olman_gbia0017517a
https://archive.org/details/78_oh-johnny-oh-johnny-oh_howard-kopp-and-frank-banta-rose-and-olman_gbia0034662a
Publication Date
1917
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 followed him around,
Just to hold his hand and sing:
[Chorus]
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!
[Verse 2]
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 than before, ‘cause the girl next door
Hollers thru the telephone:
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Rose, Ed and Olman, Abe, "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh" (1917). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1116.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1116
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh
Words by Ed Rose
Music by Abe Olman
Chicago: Forster Music Publisher Inc. (1917)
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