Ring-A-Ling-A Lario - Jimmy Rodgers

Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do?

I’m much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o…

But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you.

When I was just a boy of nine, I fell in love with Adeline;

I kissed her tender lips of wine, and then I ran away.

Singin Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do?

I’m much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o…

But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you.

When I was only seventeen, I fell in love with Bernardine,

I kissed her on the village green, and then I ran away.

When I had turned to twenty-two, I fell in love with Mary Lou,

I tried to run but I was through, she stole my heart away.

Singin Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, this is what I’ll do?

You’re old enough to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o…

Old enough to marry-o, and I will marry you.

This is ancient history, my family numbers twenty-three,

And all of them take after me, they kiss and run away.

Singin' Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do/

I’m much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o,

But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you.

But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you.