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Oklahoma (sheet music)The Theatre Guild Presents a Musical Play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs
music by Richard Rodgers
book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2d
directed by Rouben Mamoulian
dances by Agnes De Mille
production under the supervision of
Williamson Music Inc.
copyright 1943
#: C-521-4
9 x 11.9 inches, 5 pages
names of chords for ukelele & banjo
symbols for guitar
"Oklahoma" is the title song from the 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma!, named for the setting of the musical play. The music and lyrics were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The melody is reprised in the main title of the 1955 film version and in the overtures of both film and musical productions.
In 1953, the Oklahoma legislature chose it as the state song of Oklahoma, replacing a less well-known song, "Oklahoma - A Toast", that had been adopted in 1935.
Midway through the second act of the play, after the principals Curly and Laurey are married, Curly begins to sing the song and is soon joined by the… Read More