Oh, Lady! Lady!! is a musical with music by Jerome Kern, a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse and lyrics by Wodehouse. It was written for the Princess Theatre on Broadway, where it played in 1918 and ran for 219 performances. The story concerns an engaged young man, Bill, whose ex-fiancée arrives unexpectedly on his wedding day. Bill works to convince his old flame that he was not worthy to marry her, but his clumsy efforts do not make him look good to his new fiancée, whose mother already dislikes Bill. A couple of crooks cause further complications.
The original cast starred Vivienne Segal as Mollie Farringdon. The songs include „Not Yet“, „When Ships Come Home“, „Greenwich Village“, the innovative „Moon Song“ and „Our Little Nest“. The song „Bill“, later famous in Show Boat, was cut before the production opened.
In 1920 the musical was adapted into a silent film, Oh, Lady, Lady starring Bebe Daniels. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=18132
In 1927 Wodehouse adapted the book of „Oh, Lady, Lady“ into a novel called The Small Bachelor. http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/08/27/musical-month-oh-boy
So klingt eine sehr frühe Aufführung der Victor Military Band von 3.5.1918. Auch längst urheberrechtsfrei! http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/6645/