# Obscure song from ''Our Gang:'' "Oh, What a pal. . ." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-from-our-gang-oh-what-a-pal/349555 "2006-03-23T05:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-from-our-gang-oh-what-a-pal/349555/1 "2006-03-23T05:12:30Z")
I [first asked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109645) this question almost four years ago. Now, having acquired a copy of this short, I have the lyrics: _Oh, what a PAL was [Lucy]. Let’s drink a toast [???]. Oh, what a PAL was [Lucy] In rain of shine I love him just the same. For we’ve been friends, Through fair and stormy weather– Because we went To different schools together. And, Oh, what a PAL was [Lucy] From my old New Hampshire home in Tennessee._ Also, I was wrong about the singer. It’s Froggy, not Spanky. Spanky sings “Come Back to Erin,” while Robert “Mickey” Blake sings “Oh, Genevieve.” Anyway, what’s the song? I can’t make out the name, but it sounds sorta like “Lucy,” (which is certainly wrong). Froggy is singing, and, well, it’s kinds tough. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-from-our-gang-oh-what-a-pal/349555/2 "2006-03-23T14:41:08Z")
Here is the original, from 1919, [Oh, What a Pal Was Mary](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/o/ohwhatapalwasmary.shtml).