My Ding A Ling
"My Ding-a-Ling" is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number-one Billboard Hot 100 single in the United States. Later that year, in a longer unedited form, it was included on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions. Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and drummer Robbie McIntosh who later that year went on to form the Average White Band, played on the single along with Nic Potter of Van der Graaf Generator on bass.
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| Released | July 1972
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| Recorded | February 3, 1972 at the Lanchester Arts Festival in Coventry, England
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| Length | 4:18 / 11:33 (Full Version)
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| Label | Chess 2131
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Lyrics
When I was a little bitty boy
My Grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hanging on a string
She told me it was my Ding a ling a ling
Oh my ding a ling, Everybody sing
I want you to play with my ding a ling a ling
Oh my ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want you to play with my ding a ling a ling
then mamma took me to Grammar School
I used to stop off in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
catch me playing with my ding a ling
Oh my ding a ling, I want you to play with my ding a ling a ling
My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want you to play with my ding a ling 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 a ling
Oh my ding a ling, my ding a ling
i want you to play with my ding a ling
My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I wanna play with my ding a ling
once i was swimming across turtle creek,man them turtles snapping at my feet,it sure was hard swimming cross that thing,with both hands holding my ding a ling a ling
My ding a ling, Oh my
I wanna play with my ding a ling a ling
When they took me to Sunday School
Tried to teach me the golden rule
But every time the choir would sing
Catch me playing with my ding a ling
Oh my ding a ling, my ding a ling
I wanna play with my ding a ling
My ding (That's right), my ding a ling
I wanna play with my ding a ling a ling
This here song, it ain't to sad
Cutest little song you ever had
Those of you, who will not sing
You must be playing with your own ding a ling
Oh my ding a ling, my ding a ling
Now my ding a, oh my ding a
I wanna play with my ding a ling
(Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh yeah)
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