Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! is a song written by

Lasse Dahlquist Lars Erik ("Lasse") Dahlquist (14 September 1910 – 14 October 1979) was a Swedish composer, singer and actor. Many of his songs are among the most popular sing-along songs in Sweden, such as '' Oh boy oh boy oh boy'' and '' Gå upp och pröva ...

, and released as a recorded song in

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. The song has also been recorded by Alf Robertsson and

Charlie Norman Karl-Erik Albert Norman (4October 192012August 2005), known as Charles Norman or Charlie Norman, was a Swedish musician and entertainer. Norman is regarded as Sweden's leading boogie-woogie piano player in the 1940s, but an accomplished all-rou ...

. The song, which depicts a

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visit to

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, has become a standard

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song in

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