PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
180 - Oklahoma
Introduction
Brand new state! Brand new state – gon-na treat you great!
Gon-na bring you bar-ley, car-rots and per-ta-ters,
Pas-ture for the cat-tle, spin-ach and ter-may-ters,
Flow-ers on the prai-rie where the June bugs zoom,
Plen'-y of air and plen'y of room,
Plen'-y of room to swing a rope!
Plen'-y of heart and plen'y of hope.
Chorus
O--------k ^-la-ho-ma, where the wind comes sweep-in' down the plain -
And the wav-in' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
O--------k ^-la-ho-ma, Ev - 'ry night my hon-ey lamb and I–
Sit a-lone and talk and watch a hawk mak-in' laz-y cir-cles in the sky-
Bridge
We know we be-long to the land -
and the land we be-long to is grand!
And when we say --(Yell) Yeeow!
A – yip - i – o – ee – ay!--
We're on - ly say - in'
You're do - in' fine, Ok – la – hom - a!
Ok – la – hom – a! O. K.
Chorus
O--------k ^-la-ho-ma, where the wind comes sweep-in' down the plain -
And the wav-in' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
O--------k ^-la-ho-ma, Ev - 'ry night my hon-ey lamb and I–
Sit a-lone and talk and watch a hawk mak-in' laz-y cir-cles in the sky-
Bridge
We know we be-long to the land -
and the land we be-long to is grand!
And when we say --(Yell) Yeeow!
A – yip - i – o – ee – ay!--
We're on - ly say - in'
You're do - in' fine, Ok – la – hom - a!
Ok – la – hom – a! O.
K. L. A. H. O. M. A. Ok-la-ho—------MA! YEOW!!!
Composer Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, original Broadway production opened March 31, 1943