Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was a little bitty boy
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My grandmother bought
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me a cute little toy
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Silver bells hanging on a string
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She told me it was my ding-
a- ling- a- ling, oh
Verse 2
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
Verse 3
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Hmm, and then mama took
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me to grammar school
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But I stopped off in the vestibule
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Every time that bell would ring
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Catch me playing with my
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ding- a- ling- a- ling, oh
Verse 4
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
Verse 5
Oh, that is beautiful You know what I heard, I heard
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I heard two girls over here singing in harmony,
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that's all right, honey
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This is a free country,
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live like you wanna live, baby!
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Yeah, ain't nobody gonna knock it,
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doll, mm- mm
Yeah, freedom
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Yes sir, there's one guy right over here singin' "mine" too,
that's all right, brother!
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Yes sir, you got a right, baby,
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ain't nobody gonna bother you, tell you
Verse 6
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Once I was climbing the garden wall
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I slipped and had a terrible fall
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I fell so hard I heard bells ring
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But held on to my ding- a- ling- a- ling
Verse 7
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
Verse 8
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Hmm, you know that's future parlia
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ment out there singin'?
Oh yeah! (yeah!)
Verse 9
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Hmm, once I was swimming
'cross turtle creek
Man, them snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming
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'cross that thing
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With both hands holding my ding- a- ling
Verse 10
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Oh, my ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
Verse 11
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That's so beautiful
I think it's a beautiful little song, really I do
And guess what,
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everybody's still not singing
There's a few right down front here
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that's not singing
We're gonna dedicate this verse to
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those who will not sing, yes sir
Verse 12
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Hmm, this here song it ain't so sad The cutest
little song you ever had
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Those of you who will not sing
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You must be playing with
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your own ding- a- ling
Verse 13
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
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My ding- a- ling, my ding- a- ling,
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I want you to play with my ding- a- ling!
Verse 14
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Oh, your own, ding- a- ling, your own ding- a- ling,
we saw you playing with your ding- a- ling
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Oh, my ding- a- ling, everybody sing,
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I want to play with my, everybody
Verse 15
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My ding- a- ling, oh, my, ding- a- ling
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Slow down, I want to play, everybody,
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with my ding- a- ling!
Outro 1
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