# Origin of quote: "something and something and something... oh my!"

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**Created:** [March 6, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238 "2006-03-06T11:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/1 "2006-03-06T11:06:34Z")

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I’ve seen this around the SDMB a few times - usually constructed along the lines of:

“cabbage and onion and fish… oh my!” or similar (ie. x and x and x… oh my!")

When I read quotes like that it niggles something deep in my brain which tells me I should know where it’s from - can anyone enlighten me…?

😕

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/2 "2006-03-06T11:07:56Z")

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“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"

_The Wizard of Oz_, 1939.

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**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/3 "2006-03-06T11:08:28Z")

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Uhm, _The Wizard of Oz_, I believe.  
“Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!”

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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/4 "2006-03-06T11:10:20Z")

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[QUOTE=MrJackboots]  
Uhm, _The Wizard of Oz_, I believe.  
“Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!”  
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Marvellous - thank you both!

I had a feeling it was WoOz, but it’s been ages since I saw the film so couldn’t quite put my finger on it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/5 "2006-03-06T11:24:33Z")

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This is spoken - or sung, I suppose, in a rhythmic cadence - just before they run into a fearsome… lion!

Or is that _cowardly_ lion?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-something-and-something-and-something-oh-my/347238/6 "2006-03-06T11:55:47Z")

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[QUOTE=GuanoLad]  
This is spoken - or sung, I suppose, in a rhythmic cadence  
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More of a chant, actually.