The Bells Of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling
- The Bells Of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling
The Bells Of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling was a soldier's song of World War One. It is apparently a parody of another popular song of the time entitled "She Only Answered 'Ting-a-ling-a-ling'". [Max Arthur (2001) "When This Bloody War Is Over". London, Piatkus: 63] It is featured in the musical film "Oh! What a Lovely War" (1969). The lyrics are:
:The Bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling:For you but not for me::For me the angels sing-a-ling-a-ling,:They've got the goods for me.
:Oh! Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling:Oh! Grave, thy victory?:The Bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling:For you but not for me.
Lines five and six quote St Paul's words on the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15: 55: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" There are alternate, darker lyrics for the third and fourth lines:
:And the littul devils all sing-aling-aling:For you but not for me
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