By jingo when they do!
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Jump to navigationJump to search- By Jingo: an oath, a euphemism for "By Jesus!"
- By Jingo: An 1878 Victorian music hall song by G. H. MacDermott and George William Hunt. It gave rise to the term "jingoism", with the famous lyrics: "We don't want to fight but by Jingo if we do/ We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too."
- Oh! By Jingo: A 1919 American novelty song by Albert Von Tilzer with lyrics by Lew Brown. The song, about a girl named Oh By Jingo, became one of the biggest Tin Pan Alley hits of the post-World War I era. An excerpt: "They all spoke with a different lingo/But they all loved Oh By Jingo"
- jingoism: extreme, warlike patriotism
