Composers: Irving Burgie (Jamaica Farewell) and Dave Bartholomew (My Ding A Ling) Genre: calypso, soca, reggae, caribean Producer: Nelson Guimaraes Hit Trax: www.MIDI.COM.AU ===============================
Down the way Where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountaintop I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
[But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down My head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town]
Sounds of laughter everywhere And the dancing girls swing to and fro I must declare my heart is there Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
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Down at the market you can hear Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear Ackee, rice, salt, fish are nice And the rum is fine any time o' year
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Down the way Where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountaintop I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
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[My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, They want me to play with my ding-a-ling! My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, They want me to play with my ding-a-ling!]
When I was just 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
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mama took me to grammar school they wanted to teach me the golden rule but everytime I hear a choir sing I get and shake my ding-a-ling-a-ling
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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