Lynn Anderson - Ding a ling the christmas bell

^GGather round and I will tell The ^Dstory of a Christmas bell That ^Gused to shine and chime and ^Cring And why they ^Dcalled him Ding a ^GLing ^GOne of the famous jingle bells Is ^Dwhat he was but then he fell And ^Gbroke his pretty harmo^Cny And ^Dhe began to ring off ^Gkey ^G

^CNow they call him Ding a Ling Be^Gcause he has a funny ring And ^Cdoesn't hit his note too well ^{C D}Ding a Ling the Christmas ^Gbell

^GThe other bells met secretly and he ^Dheard one say in a real low key He's ^Gsure to ruin our Christmas ^Csound And we don't ^Dwant him hanging a^Ground ^GHe overheard the secret vote and ^Dwalked away with a lump in his note The ^Gsaddest bell you've ever ^Cseen The Christmas ^Dbell called Ding a ^GLing ^G

^CThey all call him Ding a Ling Be^Gcause he has a funny ring And ^Cdoesn't hit his note too well ^{C D}Ding a Ling the Christmas ^Gbell

^GThe snow is falling in the square ^DWhen the children found him there And ^Gplaced him on the Christmas ^Ctree For ^Deveryone in town to ^Gsee

As ^GChristmas Eve came to the town A ^D7blinding snow was coming down And ^GDing a Ling heard someone ^Csay Ol' ^DSanta's sure to lose his ^Gway

^GThe thought occurred to Ding a Ling to ^D7ring as loud as he could ring And ^Gwhen ol' Santa heard the ^Csound It ^Dguided him into the ^Gtown ^G

Now the ^Cchildren shout and sing And ^Geveryone loves Ding a Ling So ^Ceverything has turned out well ^C For ^DDing a Ling the Christmas ^Gbell^{G G}