[78-L] Oompah question (sort of)

Mike Daley mikedaley at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 10:14:59 PST 2012


As far as I know, "Oompah oompah stick it up your jumper" is the
phrase chanted at the end of "I Am The Walrus."

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> I wonder if that is the phrase that is being chanted in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus."
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 9:13 AM, "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I was playing one of those Gene Ammons Prestige jam sessions. Ammons
>> quotes the phrase I know as  "Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper",
>> as does Jackie McLean who follows him. Does this phrase (like "There's a
>> town in France") have a specfic melody associated with it?
>>
>>
>>      Julian Vein
>>
>>
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