Lyrics
We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We hear he is a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz is one because Because, because, because, because, because Because of the wonderful things he does We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz do do do do do do do do do do ( Songwriters Arlen Harold; Harburg )
FACTS
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900.
- It has since been reprinted on numerous occasions, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation.
- It has been translated or adapted into well over fifty languages.
- The Library of Congress has declared The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to be America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale", also naming it the first American fantasy for children and one of the most-read children's books
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