BEATIN' ON A DING DONG
by Bob & Idell Shelton
(Recorded March 16, 1954)


CHORUS:
Beatin' on the ding dong all day long
I go around just singin' this song
I got a gal, maybe two or three
Beatin' on the ding dong don't bother me

Most folks worry when they have no dough
Can't feel good 'cause they're feelin' low
I don't worry if I'm broke no more
I ain't rich so I must be poor

CHORUS VARIATION:
Beatin' on the ding dong don't mean a thing
Just some words for that you can sing
Makes no diff'rence if they're right or wrong
Beatin' on the ding dong all day long

Some are happy when they have big cars
They ride around and they puff cigars
Give me a rattle trap model "T"
I'm as happy as a chicadee

A horse and a flea and a bunch of mice
Out in the barnyard shootin' dice
The horse rolled forward and stepped on a flea
The flea hollered "hey fellas there's a horse on me"

(REPEAT CHORUS)

I stood with a gal on the porch last night
A-huggin' and a-kissin' 'til it got daylight
Her pa said giddy, man I had to dance
A bulldog had me by the seat of the pants

I don't have nothin' to bother me
Happy as a possum in a salmon tree
If I had a wife that'd work at all
I wouldn't have to work this comin' fall

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Beatin' on the ding dong don't bother me


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