Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Words by Sammy Cahn
Life is dull, it's nothing but one big lull,
Then presto you do a skull,
And find that you're reeling,
She sighs and you're feeling
Like a toy on a string,
And your heart goes: "Ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding"
How could that funny face,
That seemed to be common place,
Project you right in to space, without any warning,
Don't know if its morning,
Night-time, winter, or spring,
What's the difference: Ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding
She takes your hand –
This captivating creature,
And like it’s planned –
You're in the phone book,
Hunting for the nearest preacher.
Life is swell, you're off to that small hotel,
And somewhere a village bell,
Will sound in the steeple,
Announcing to people,
Love's the loveliest thing,
And the bell goes: "Ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding, ring-a-ding ding"
[Previously, in this series:
“Frank Sinatra: My Shining Hour (Video, from Trilogy: Past Present Future)”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Sing Arlen & Mercer’s Come Rain or Shine”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Sing the Quintessential Version of Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer’s ‘One for My Baby (and One More, for the Road)’”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Sing the Classic Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer Torch Song, ‘Blues in the Night’”;
“Frank Sinatra: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer’s Stormy Weather (Video)”;
“Frank Sinatra Live! Medley of The Gal That Got Away and It Never Entered My Mind, Performed in 1980 at Carnegie Hall (Great Quality Video of a Grand Performance!)”;
“Frank Sinatra: Here's That Rainy Day (Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke)”;
“Frank Sinatra’s Revelatory, 1962 Performance of Kern and Fields’ The Way You Look Tonight”;
“Paul Robeson?! Hear Frank Sinatra Give the Definitive Interpretation of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Ol’ Man River (1963)”;
“The Greatest Song Ever Written? Hear Frank Sinatra Sing Rodgers & Hammerstein's Soliloquy”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Sing the Real ‘New York, New York,’ by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green, from On the Town (1944/1949)”;
“The Swingingest Record You’ll Ever Hear! Fly Me to the Moon, by Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and Quincy Jones”;
“Frank Sinatra: Autumn in New York, with the Billy May Orchestra (Video)”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Make Rodgers & Hart Swing! ‘The Lady is a Tramp’; Live at Madison Square Garden/1974”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra and a Bunch of Little Kids Sing the 1960 Academy Award-Winning Song, ‘High Hopes’”;
“If Frank Sinatra were Still Alive, and were Interviewed by Larry King”;
“When Sinatra Ruled: Hear Him Sing ANOTHER Oscar-Winning Song, ‘All the Way,’ from The Joker is Wild (1957)”;
“Hear Frank Sinatra Sing Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn’s ‘Love and Marriage’;
“Hear Frank Sinatra’s Unique Presentation of Cole Porter’s ‘I've Got You Under My Skin’”;
“Frank Sinatra Sings ‘Young at Heart’”;
“‘A Man Alone’: How Great was Sinatra? So Great that with a Voice that was Way Past Its Prime, and Less than Stellar Material, He was Still the World’s Greatest Singer—that’s How Great He was!”;
“I'll Never Smile Again: Hear 24-Year-Old Frank Sinatra with the Pied Pipers and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1940!”;
“Frank Sinatra: ‘In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning’ (1955)”;
“Frank Sinatra: I Didn't Know What Time It was”; and
“Sinatra Celebration News: Pennsylvania Music Newspaper Columnist Announces Releases of Rare Radio Broadcasts and Rehearsals from 1935-1955, and Provides a Lovely, Yet Succinct Introduction to the Works of ‘The Voice.’”]
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