HO, HO HO HO , OH HO HO, OH HO HO

1. THE BOYS WERE SINGING SHING-A-LING THE SUMMER NIGHT WE MET.

YOU WERE TAN AND SEVENTEEN, OH, HOW COULD I FORGET,

WHEN EVERY STAR FROM NEAR AND FAR WAS WATCHING FROM ABOVE,

WATCHING TWO TEENAGERS FALL IN LOVE.

2. THE WAY WE DANCED WAS NOT A DANCE, BUT MORE A LONG EMBRACE,

WE HELD ONTO 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 FOLK, 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

3. SO AFTER YEARS AND AFTER TEARS AND AFTER SUMMERS PAST

THE OLD FOLKS TRIED TO WARN US HOW OUR LOVE COULD 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

AND 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-----

OH 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, WELL THAT'S WHERE YOU BELONG,

AND IT MEANS SHAM-A-LING-DONG-DING SHAM-A-LING-DANG-DONG