We're Off to See the Wizard

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"We're Off to See the Wizard" is a lively, iconic musical number from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, sung by Dorothy and her companions as they journey along the Yellow Brick Road.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song
musical number
song
about journey to the Emerald City
seeking the Wizard of Oz
associatedWithCharacter The Wizard of Oz (character)
surface form: Wizard of Oz (character)
associatedWithFranchise The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz franchise
basedOnAuthor L. Frank Baum
basedOnWork The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
characterSinging The Cowardly Lion
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz
surface form: Dorothy Gale

The Scarecrow
surface form: Scarecrow

The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Man
composer Harold Arlen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs iconic
lively
featuredIn The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
filmReleaseYear 1939
followsInPlot Dorothy meeting the Cowardly Lion
Dorothy meeting the Scarecrow
Dorothy meeting the Tin Man
genre film musical song
show tune
hasMotif Yellow Brick Road
hasRefrain "We're off to see the Wizard"
hasTheme friendship
journey
quest
includedIn The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz original motion picture soundtrack
language English
lyricist E. Y. Harburg
medium film
musicalStyle up-tempo
narrativeFunction travel montage
notableLyric We're Off to See the Wizard self-linksurface differs
surface form: "We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz"
orchestrationBy Herbert Stothart
originallyFor The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) soundtrack
partOf The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
performer Bert Lahr
Jack Haley
Judy Garland
Ray Bolger
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
setting Yellow Brick Road
title We're Off to See the Wizard self-link
usedAs recurring musical motif in The Wizard of Oz

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The Wizard of Oz famousSong We're Off to See the Wizard
We're Off to See the Wizard notableLyric We're Off to See the Wizard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz"
Harold Arlen notableWork We're Off to See the Wizard
this entity surface form: We’re Off to See the Wizard
We're Off to See the Wizard title We're Off to See the Wizard self-link