SOMEBODY BAD STOLE THE WEDDING BELL (Who's Got The Ding Dong ?)
(Bob Hilliard / David Mann)

Eartha Kitt

Also recorded by : 
Chubby Checker; Georgia Gibbs; 
Miyuki Utsumi; Caterina Valente.


CHORUS:  
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Now, nobody can get married

Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell
We got sarsaparilla soda on the ice
We got shoes and rice and free advice
We got a bridal sweet in honeymoon hotel
But what good is that without a wedding bell

CHORUS

REPEAT LAST 4 LINES OF CHORUS

All day the people look at the steeple
But they don't see the bell

We got very fine detective, Shiller Gun
And he's sure to question everyone
So in the marketplace where people buy and sell
He's sure to arrest anyone who sells the bell

Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell

We got soloed by the island singing band
We got lots of sun and lots of sand
We got lover's moon we got a wishing well
And oh how I wish we had a wedding bell

CHORUS


(Contributed by Shelley Botka - February 2005)