"Oklahoma!'" is a song featured in the 1955 film of the same name with music composed by Richard Rodgers and lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. In the song, Curly McLain (Gordon MacRae) and Laurey Williams (Shirley Jones) gather with friends and family to celebrate their marriage and Oklahoma's pending statehood.
Lyrics[]
Aunt Eller:
They couldn't pick a better time to start in life—
Ike Skidmore:
It ain't too early and it ain't too late.
Curly:
Startin' as a farmer with a brand-new wife—
Laurey:
Soon be livin' in a brand-new state!
All:
Brand-new state
Gonna treat you great!
Fred:
Gonna give you barley,
Carrots and pertaters—
Cord Elam:
Pasture fer the cattle—
Andrew Carnes:
Spinach and termayters!
Aunt Eller:
Flowers on the prairie where the
June bugs zoom—
Ike Skidmore:
Plen'y of air and plen'y of room—
Fred:
Plen'y of room to swing a rope—
Aunt Eller:
Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope.
Curly:
Oklahoma,
Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain
And the wavin' wheat
Can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain
Oklahoma!
Every night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk
And watch a hawk
Makin' lazy circles in the sky
We know we belong to the land,
And the land we belong to is grand.
And when we say:
Yee-ow! A-yip-i-o-ee-ay!
We're only sayin',
You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma, O.K.!
All:
Oklahoma,
Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain
And the wavin' wheat
Can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain
Oklahoma!
Every night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk
And watch a hawk
Makin' lazy circles in the sky
We know we belong to the land,
And the land we belong to is grand
Yip-ee-i, Yip-ee-i,
Yip-ee-i, Yip-ee-i,
Yip-ee-i, Yip-ee-i!
And when we say:
Yee-ow! A-yip-i-o-ee-ay!
We're only sayin',
You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma, O.K.!
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma…
We know we belong to the land,
And the land we belong to is grand
And when we say:
Yee-ow! A-yip-i-o-ee-ay!
We're only sayin',
You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma,
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A…
Oklahoma!
Yee-ow!
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