when i was a little bitty boy my grandmother bought me a cute little toy silver bells hangin on a string she told me it was my ding a ling ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i wanna play with my ding a ling when mamma took me to sunday school they tried to teach me the golden rule every time the choir would sing i d sit there and play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i wanna play with my ding a ling when pa started me to grammar school i found a place in the vestibule and every time the bell would ring they d catch me playin with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling once i was climbing the garden wall oh and i had an awful fall i fell so hard i heard bells ring but i never let go of my ding a ling  my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling i remember the girl next door we used to play house on the kitchen floor she d be the queen i d be the king together we d play with my ding a ling a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling this here song it is so sad to those of you who never had silver bells hanging on a string so you could play with your own ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling all come on now everybody sing my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling my ding a ling my ding a ling i want to play with my ding a ling 4