Sham-a-Ling-Dong-Ding - Jesse Winchester

The boys were singing shing-a-ling

The summer night we met

You were tan and seventeen

O how could I forget

When every star from near and far

Was watching from above

Watching two teenagers fall in love

The way we danced was not a dance

But more a long embrace

We held on to each other and

We floated there in space

And I was shy to kiss you while

The whole wide world could see

So shing-a-ling said everything for me

And O the poor old old folks

They thought we’d lost our minds

They could not make heads or tails

Of the young folks' funny rhymes

But you and I knew all the words

And we always sang along to

O sham-a-ling-dong-ding

Sham-a-ling-dang-dong

So after years and after tears

And after summers past

The old folks tried to warn us

How our love would never last

And all we’d get was soaking wet

From walking in the rain

And singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again

And O the poor old old folks

They smile and walk away

But I bet they did some

Sham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day

I bet that they still close their eyes

And I bet they sing along to

O sham-a-ling-dong-ding

Sham-a-ling-dang-dong

O those sweet old love songs

Every word rings true

Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart

Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too

And it means that right here in my arms

That’s where you belong

And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding

Sham-a-ling-dang-dong