JA-DA (JA-DA, JA-DA, JING JING JING!)
(Bob Carleton)

Beatrice Lillie (feat. in the London Show "Bran Pie Revue") - 1918
Arthur Fields (with Billy Murray) - 1919
James Reese Europe & His Hellfighters Band - 1919 
Miff Mole & The Arkansas Travelers - 1927
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1936
Alice Faye (feat. in the film "Rose Of Washington Square") - 1939
Bob Crosby & His Orch. - 1940
Marian McPartland - 1954
Ted Heath & His Orch. - 1955
The Four Seasons - 1966
The Pointer Sisters - 1973
Brian Hefferan - 2004

Also recorded by: Alma Cogan; Count Basie; Sam Butera; 
Eddie Condon; Stuff Smith; Sidney Bechet; Ray Anthony; 
Ray Brown Trio; Errol Garner; Firehouse Five Plus Two;
Bobby Hackett; Louis Prima: Art Tatum; The Three Suns;   
Al Hirt; The Fireballs; Meade Lux Lewis; George Benson; 
Johnny & The Hurricanes; Johnny Otis Band; Terry Gibbs; 
Hank Thompson; Muggsy Spanier: ....... and many others.


You've heard all about your raggy melodies
Ev'rything from opera down to harmony
But I've a little song that I will sing to you
It's going to win you through and through

There ain't much to the words, but the music is grand
And you'll be singing it to beat the band
Now you've heard of your "Will O' The Wisp"
But give a little listen to this

It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
That's a funny little bit of melody
It's so soothing and appealing to me
It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!

(BILLY MURRAY: Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing)
(ARTHUR FIELD (Spoken): Kinda got you going, hey Billy?)
(BILLY MURRAY (Spoken): It certainly has. I'm humming it all the time)
(BILLY MURRAY: It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!)

Now ev'ryone was singing a Hawaiian strain
Ev'ryone seemed to have it on their brain
When Yaka Hicky Hoola Do was all the craze
Why that's the one that had 'em dazed

The object now is for something new
Something that will appeal to you
And here's a little melody that you will find
Will linger, linger there on your mind

It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
That's a funny little bit of melody
It's so soothing and appealing to me
It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!

Now ev'rybody.......

Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
That's a funny little bit of melody
It's so soothing and appealing to me
It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!

Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing
That's a funny little bit of melody
It's so soothing and appealing to me
It goes Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!



(Transcribed from the Arthur Field & Billy 
Murray recording by Mel Priddle - April 2007)



(Contributed by  - April 2007)