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When I was a little bitty boy
My grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin' on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling
And then mother took me to Grammar School
But I stopped all in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
Catched me playin' with my ding-a-ling
Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard I heard bells ring
but held on to my ding-a-ling
Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
Many snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming 'cross that thing
With both hands holdin' my ding-a-ling
This here song it ain't so sad
The cutest little song you ever had
Those of you who will not sing
You must be playin' with your own ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling
My grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin' on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling
And then mother took me to Grammar School
But I stopped all in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
Catched me playin' with my ding-a-ling
Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard I heard bells ring
but held on to my ding-a-ling
Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
Many snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming 'cross that thing
With both hands holdin' my ding-a-ling
This here song it ain't so sad
The cutest little song you ever had
Those of you who will not sing
You must be playin' with your own ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling
Lyrics submitted by sawg
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My first lesson when I learned to swim
The gym teacher told the girl go and rescue him
She grabbed a hold of my bell and string
and pulled me out by my ding a ling ding
Now that's funny!
I remember the girl next door
we used to play house on the kitchen floor
she'd be the queen and i'd be the king
and i let her play with my ding a ling a ling
girl downstairs
shes so big and bold
grandma warned me, "shes too old"
she used to take me swingin in the school yard swing
swing down and take my ding a ling a ling
Two days later I still laugh at it.
this song, which was later in his career is actually reminiscent of his original song writing style from his early Cosmopolitan Club days, when he went from playing standard blues songs to upbeat, lyrically light-hearted, hillbilly-esque, and race-friendly creations; the response he got from the audience from those early days motivated him to continue in that style, with some songs being a little more silly (ala ding-a-ling) than others.
"Those of you who will not sing must be playing with your own ding-a-ling
I then heard the full song later and It still cracked me up, My favourite verse has too be
"Once while swimming cross turtle creek
Man them snappers right at my feet
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holding my dingaling..."
Chuck Berry at his best I must say, one of the funniest song I have ever heard!
Now I'm pretty sure it wasn't. FUnny stuff.