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Walking in the Zoo

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196: 29: 130:". The song's chorus goes: "Walking in the Zoo, walking in the Zoo / The O.K. thing on Sunday is walking in the Zoo"; and a verse contains the lines "My cousin bolted off without any more ado / And I skidaddled also looking very blue." 96: 92: 75: 61: 146: 233: 180: 127: 257: 226: 161: 207: 8: 262: 252: 219: 119: 107: 184: 203: 246: 100: 123: 88: 126:. It also introduced to British audiences the American slang word " 69: 55: 106:
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OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
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Song
Composer(s)
Alfred Lee
Lyricist(s)
Hugh Willoughby Sweny
music hall
Alfred Lee
Hugh Willoughby Sweny
Alfred Vance
Americanism
O.K.
zoo
zoological gardens
London Zoological Gardens
skedaddle
Allan Metcalf, OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp.173-175
Walking in the Zoo: lyrics, Monologues.co.uk
"Walking in the Zoo"
British Library
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stub
expanding it
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t
e
Categories
1869 songs
Music hall songs
Song stubs

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