Ring Them Bells Lyrics

Ring Them Bells lyrics

About a year ago - I heard this truly terrific, absolutely true story

And
it just so happens that I told a couple of friends of mine this truly terrific,
absolutely true story 

And  it just so happens that these friends of mine
are song writers

And guess what happened, right, truly terrific,
absolutely true song



Gather around, I've got a story to tell,
About a Manhattan lady that I know very well

She lives at five Riverside,
her name is Shirley Devore, And she travelled 'round the world to meet the guy
next door



Well there was trouble inside apartment 29 E, 'Cause
Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be

They said we hate to
complain dear and we don't like to grouse, But your nearly 32, you should get
out of the house



You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them
bells, You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells

It's such a
happy thing to hear 'em ting-a-ling, You gotta ring - them - bells



Well Shirley was 31, which she was loathe to admit, And she had never been
loved, which didn't thrill her a bit

And so she sat and she thought, she
thought for hours on end, And said I'll go to Chase, Manhattan, where I got me
a friend



And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA, And told her
mother and dad that she was up and away

I'm gonna travel the continent, a
month, maybe two, And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do



You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells, You gotta make 'em
sing and really ring them bells

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em
ting-a-ling, You gotta ring - them - bells



She met a Londoner
first, but they did not hit it off, 'Cause every time she approached he got a
bronchial cough

And so she went to Madrid and met a handsome Senior, But
he liked to throw the bul